Bootstrapping Your Way to Thirty Million Dollars with Vivek Bhaskaran, Founder and CEO at QuestionPro

Episode notes

A big shoutout to all product leaders. Welcome to the Product Leaders Podcast by Fireart with your hosts, Dima Venglinski and Tolik Nguyen. Every episode is a deep dive into different aspects of product leadership to enhance the end-user experience. In this episode, Tolik is joined by Vivek Bhaskaran , Founder and CEO at QuestionPro , a leading provider of online survey software. The platform offers tools for creating, polling, distributing, analyzing surveys, and data visualization. Vivek shares his insights across a broad spectrum of topics, including bootstrapping, prioritizing product development, always be selling, and the secret behind success and longevity. Topics we discuss: Bootstrapping and its viability in today’s environment How to prioritize product development Always be selling The secret of eighteen years of longevity as a founder Hot Takes and Key Highlights: Bootstrapping and its Viability in Today’s Environment Vivek mentions that bootstrapping, if anything, has gotten simpler now. He recalls how he started eighteen years ago by writing code and building his server by himself. Today, software development is a much simpler and quicker process.

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