S06E09 - $3 Million ARR Boostrapped Startup Part 2 - Karthik Sridharan, CEO and Co-Founder of Flexiple | Tech Talent Network | Tamil Entrepreneurship Podcast | Tamilpreneur
Today's guest finished his engineering from BITS and then did his MBA from IIM. He then worked with an investment banking firm. Doesn't sound like an entrepreneur. Isn't it ?
Here you go : In 2016, He started Flexiple, a startup that helps optimize hiring freelancers for companies. They have Top 1% (roughly 25,000) freelance developers and designers with them. What's more amazing ? They have bootstrapped Flexiple into a $3 Million ARR startup
The man behind this - Karthik Sridharan, CEO and Cofounder of Flexiple.
Catch Karthik speaking about the following in part 1 : https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gmwryFsuVN01bY2ICU6aD?si=becdc9559ab04079
- How to narrow down and start working on an idea for your startup ?
- What is the right moment to start your startup ?
- How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market ?
- Which one to solve first - Supply side or demand side ?
- How are they scaling a bootstrapped startup ?
- How to optimize for time in a boostrapped startup ?
In this episode,
- In a marketplace based business, which stakeholder do you charge commission from ?
- How did Flexiple bootstrap their way into Rs.20Cr. Annual Run Rate ?
- How do you decide between bootstrapping and raising funds
- How to manage Salary for employees in a bootstrapped startup ?
- How to split expenses in a bootstrapped startup ?
- Did VCs approach Flexiple for funding ? What happened next ?
- Being supportive when someone is starting up in your family.
- $10Million ARR and $100Million ARR ! When !!