Problem Solvers Problem Solvers with Jason Feifer features business owners and CEOs who went through a crippling business problem and came out the other side bigger and stronger.Feifer, Entrepreneur’s Editor in Chief, pulls these stories out so other business can avoid the same crippling problems.More Details Hear the dynamic voices behind our featured podcasts.Our hosts interview experts in the field, founders who solved real problems in their businesses, sports icons that translated their success on the field into serial business achievements, and influencers that help us understand what makes excellence possible.
1611 The Mobile Testing App Starbucks Uses Passes $6m in ARR, Bootstrapped I have been working in enterprise IT for more than two decades.For the last 10 years I moved to entrepreneurial side and brought a talented team together to build Netmera to revolutionalize mobile app engagement, campaigning and communications.
We are still working hard to expand Netmera into other regions and reach many apps while we currently touch more than 150 million app users monthly.
1610 How This Founding Team of 2 Peacefully Removed 3rd CoFounder During college: 24 hackathons, 200 job applications, 0 callbacks – made a recruiting “hack”.
VC firm awarded grant + we raised preseed.1.5 years, no traction, pivoted to video interviewing platform from pilot feedback.Closed paying clients + won grant w/ angel match within 2 months, focused on getting to 10k MRR ASAP.1609 How This MarTech Tool Got First 8 Customers , $40k in Monthly Revenue Founder and CEO Tal Zohar has successful experience in developing 4 tech businesses, with +$100M exit, one unicorn IPO in NYSE.
He also established the AI division at a FTSE250 Fintech enterprise, valued $300M by Barclays, and was member of management and led digital transformation at the London Stock exchange.1608 How He’s Raising $1.5m on $6m Pre With $16k in MRR Launched in 2016, Rheaply Asset Exchange Manager is the easiest way that professionals share resources with anyone in their industry.By connecting leading research institutions, Fortune 500 companies, startups, school systems, nonprofits, and organizations in between, Rheaply is creating a shared economy for innovation.
1607 Why She Said No To Vista Equity Despite $10m in ARR Lauren is Founder of iVvy, a multi-award winning Technology company providing enterprise software to the Events industry.Since its 2009 launch, Lauren has overseen iVvy’s continued growth and global expansion to APAC, Europe and North America, offering the world’s first real-time marketplace with live availability for function space and suppliers.1606 The Right Way To Use Venture Debt to Hit $320k in MRR With 25 plus years of experience in building, designing and implementing strategic marketing programs I am a firm believer in asking “why” and challenging industry norms.Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to have worked with several great companies in the technology, consumer product, automotive, hospitality and entertainment sectors each with a unique set of demands and needs.I have taken this collective experience into my role as CEO with AislePlanner, where my focus has been on creating a solid corporate foundation, developing our brand DNA and delivering the highest quality customer experience through best in class product.1605 How He Gets Movers, Trash Companies, Internet Providers To Pay Him Referral Fees on 13,000+ New Home Owners Venkatesh is the founder of MoveEasy.
He founded MoveEasy as a result of his own moving experience 5 years ago.Prior to that, he was a consultant with A.T.Kearney, a management consulting firm in Chicago.He is a proud Buckeye and lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife.
1604 Would You Sell “One Time For Life” Plans If You’re Trying to Build an Enduring SaaS Company? Founder, CEO at Plutio.com 1603 How She Used a Tracking Watch To Get Her First 1000 Customers, $20k MRR Karen Cantwell is a born innovator.In 2014 she launched TicTocTrack® – the first GPS smart watch globally for children, following up with a bespoke software-monitoring platform.That platform now hosts multiple GPS devices providing one platform for the safety of all the family.Karen hold’s a MBA from QUT.
1602 How He Used Dev Shop Agency to Launch ECommerce AI Tool and Get 36 First Customers Frank is an Entrepreneur and a Technologist.Frank has launched 100s of sites, 50+ apps, 10s of digital products, launched 9 businesses (4 for himself), delivered a line of high-end beverages to market, and consulted in the finance and technology industries.1601 If All Content Becomes 3d With AR, VR, This CEO Will Be At The Center Of It Sai Krishna is often described as an accidental entrepreneur.As an engineering undergrad, Sai built his first startup in the education technology space to power thousands of students to better use tablet PCs.Since then, he’s founded, invested and mentored startups all through, particularly in the technology space.He is also an alumnus of stanford university graduate school of business, and the founder of scapic, a cloud based virtual and augmented reality content platform helping businesses and users generate AR/VR experiences without coding.Scapic was a part of Y combinator startup school, and was recently recognized by Facebook as one of India’s top VR/AR startups, in their school of innovation program.
1600 He Makes His Team Only Work 4 Days A Week Even If You Think Its Wrong Benjamin Ellis has worked with companies including Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks during their fastest periods of growth.He is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has worked at the cutting edge of technology over three decades and is passionate about what technology can achieve, particularly at the intersection of people, data and software.1599 How to Spin a Company Out and Run It Yourself, Even if You Have No Control To Start Bohumil studied Innovation and Operation Management in Copenhagen.He went on to work at West Virginia University Innovation center, where he was in charge of their marketing strategy.In March 2016, he returned to Slovakia, where he got an offer to join the team at Triad Advertising and take over their internal software Kontentino.
After just 2 years, he and his team were able to get Kontentino into more than 800 agencies and brands around the world–Today, the software is used by famous brands, such as ASAHI beer and Volvo, as well as advertising agencies like BBDO, Ogilvy, or VML.1598 Mom of 2 Transitions $250k Agency to $23k/mo SaaS for Consumer Video Reviews Bernadette Butler has 20 years experience in advertising working with some of the greatest brands of our time.
With 2 ads on the world’s funniest reel, Bernadette is the CEO and co-founder of StoryTap, a DIY video platform for marketers to direct, own, and micro-influence authentic video stories at scale.1597 How He Used a Search Fund To Build $7m ARR Company, Low Risk Will Bressman is the CEO of RIA in a Box and a former manager of business development at LX.TV, a digital media content provider acquired by NBC Universal in 2008, where he brokered distribution and content partnerships.
Prior to LX.TV, Bressman worked on strategy and analytics projects at Good Morning America.Bressman holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and is a graduate of Harvard College magna cum laude with a degree in History.1596 How He Got His First 700 Customers at $2/seat for Scrum Slack Bot Since 16 I earn money online, at 34 haven’t worked for anyone.In 2014 I moved to the south of Russia to open a co-working space by the sea.
Later, it became a school of robotics for children.In 2016 I co-founded Standuply, one of the most popular Slack bots.1595 Chegg Founder’s New SaaS Company Breaks $7m ARR To Help CNBC Communicate Osman Rashid, winner of the prestigious Ernst & Young California Entrepreneur of the Year (2009), was the co-founder and CEO of online textbook rental and student hub Chegg ($chgg), remaining involved in it until early 2010 after dramatically growing the company from its inception in 2005.Currently, he is the CEO of Convo Corp, an enterprise software company that focuses on In-Context collaboration that replaces email as the conversation tool at work.
1594 The Main Reason He Took $1.5m Government Loan at 4% Instead of VC SaaS Founder with a passion for Employee Engagement.Ex-Google Sales Manager focused to make feedback better for everyone.Living in Amsterdam, father of two daughters.
1593 Why His SMB Churn is 6% When Everyone Elses is 12% doing $12m in ARR across 5000 Salon Owners Co-founder of Demonware (Matchmaking service used in Call of Duty) that was acquired in 2007.
Then founded Phorest on Evergreen principles – building company to last for generations.Over 70 of the 150 employees are ordinary share holders (not options).Phorest is now serving over 5,000 salons and is the leading salon software platform in Europe.1592 Why This $12m ARR Company Had To Pivot Away From Just Live Chat, Rely on $100k+ ACV American Customers Nicolas de Rosen, CEO of iAdvize North America 1591 How She Started as An Employee, Then Moved to Owner Business Developer graduated in International Relations and Masters in Political Sciences, I’m a digital nomad, yogi and supporter of a plant-based life.Brazilian, 28 y/o, living in the Netherlands.The freedom of managing Switch.cm from home is unique, a gift from the founder and former owner of Switch.1590 Why Farmes Are Buying This $1000 IoT Device to Increase Crop Yield I’m an ambitious tech entrepreneur passionate about building projects which can create a real impact in our days, on a global scale and I firmly believe that I am leading one of those projects…
At the professional level and because of my current job, I like to define myself as a specialist in generalities that love to find synergies between the complementary areas of a startup and to be surrounded by people smarter than me.
1589 How This Pilot Using Freemium To Get First 300 Drone Software Customers Tom is founder and CEO of IDRONECT.He is 44 years old, entrepreneur and active airline pilot and has a Master in Aviation Science.With IDRONECT he wants to unlock the huge potential the drone industry has by making it easy to fly safe, legal and fun.1588 Why 450 Enterprises Pay Him $45M+ in ARR To Help With Employee Volunteering and Donation Programs As founder and CEO of Benevity, the global leader in CSR and employee engagement software, Bryan helps Fortune 1000 clients reinvent corporate giving programs in a way that provides better social and business returns, while simultaneously tackling the biggest struggles in the social impact landscape.1587 Why Banks Pay Him $2k/year To Help Serve Lower Income Community Members 1586 How He Built a $30M ARR Company With Just $1M Raised in PaaS Space Entrepeneur and founder of Servoy.Engineering background with experience in building great software companies.
1585 Why This $6M ARR CEO Deploys Physical Data Teams To Each New Customer Andy leads the company in its mission to deliver practical, powerful AI to consumer brands.A designer by training and lifelong software engineer, Andy is responsible for Faraday’s product strategy, data science organization, recruiting efforts, and corporate matters.
Previously, Andy founded the celebrated sustainability startup Brighter Planet and worked in politics.1584 Why 600 Companies Pay Him $150/mo To Help With VC Updates 1583 How They Went from $0 to $100k MRR Selling Ordering Software to 1000 Restaurants 1582 Blockchain CEO Says Could Go To Zero, Here’s Why Kevin is a technology founder, recognized leader in the blockchain ecosystem, and currently the CEO of Etherparty and Vanbex Group.As an early entrant into cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, Kevin is a veteran of the industry, and has led the group of companies into becoming one of the largest blockchain solutions providers in Vancouver.1534 With $10m in ARR, He Left Amazon to Help F100 Brands Sell More on Amazon Guru founded Boomerang Commerce with a vision to power intelligent commerce.Formerly a leader at Amazon, Guru worked in the inceptive stages of Amazon’s supply chain and merchandising organizations.He co-founded one of Amazon’s cloud businesses, established Amazon’s first B2B marketing channel and invented Amazon’s Selling Coach to help brands and sellers to be successful with Amazon.At eBay, as the GM of Marketplace Experience, he led the global team that launched eBay’s fast shipping program.Guru earned his MS in Computer Engineering (a focus on Machine Learning) from the University of Texas at Austin, and his MBA from the Wharton School.
Boomerang‘s CommerceIQ powers Growth Automation on Amazon for Kellogg’s, Kimberly Clark, Logitech and numerous other top tier brands.Company .
