Matheus Riolfi: Growing a Venture-Backed Startup

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️ The most important lessons from growing and selling a bootstrapped SaaS company, from a non-technical entrepreneur: (use HUSTLE40 for 40% off). Matheus Riolfi is the founder and CEO of tint.ai, a company that provides embeddable insurance to tech platforms and marketplaces. Unlike most founders I speak to that are bootstrapped - Matheus followed a different journey. Launching in 2018, Matheus led his company through YC (Y Combinator), and most recently closed a $25 million Series A round. We cover several topics, including: - Why he chose to get funding, rather than bootstrap - How Tint maintains a positive workplace culture as a fully remote team - How his role as CEO continues to evolve - The most important skills a new founder should possess - Much more Follow Matheus Riolfi on Linkedin: Check out Tint:

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