#136: Bootstrapper Has Big Exit and Un-Retires to Build 2nd SaaS Success – Brian Dosal

by PE Support | Mar 20, 2025

  Brian Dosal was the founder and CEO of BrightGauge, a software company he bootstrapped and grew to almost $10M ARR with his brother before successfully selling the company in 2019. BrightGauge was a business analytics and dashboard for key metrics for the...

#133: Bootstrapper Sells School Fundraising Platform to PE Investors – Howard Gottlieb

by shawn | Feb 27, 2025

Howard Gottlieb started Read-A-Thon in 2012 as a reading-based fundraising platform that helped students raise money while boosting education. Their easy platform and simple fundraising approach created amazing results. The Read-a-Thon business grew steadily and...

#132: Bootstrapper Serving Private Equity Firms Acquired by PE-Backed Strategic – Richard Change

by shawn | Feb 20, 2025

Richard Change is co-founder and CEO of PFA Solutions, the provider of FirmView software. FirmView® is the leading carry and compensation management platform for private equity investors to manage their internal compensation from fees and carried interest. Richard was...

#131: No-Code SaaS Platform Bootstrapped to 75,000 Customers – Rachit Khator

by shawn | Feb 13, 2025

 Rachit Khator is the founder and CEO of Stackby, a no-code spreadsheet and database app builder that allows business users to create powerful spreadsheet-like applications with data links, automations, and workflows. Rachit and his team of 34 employees live in...

#126: Jason Fried on 20 Years Bootstrapping BaseCamp at 37signals

by shawn | Jan 10, 2025

Jason Fried is the co-founder and CEO of 37signals, makers of the popular Basecamp project management software, which is still growing and very profitable after 20 years. He is going long and still having fun as an engaged CEO, building great products with great...