If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Rich Waldron, Co-founder and CEO of Tray.io, was building an authentic tech company from London when we spoke in 2020. While the company could have become a so-called Unicorn by loading up on liquidation preferences, they chose not to do so. Excellent story. Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Rich Waldron: I was born in the UK in a place called Southampton, which is right down on the South Coast. Its most famous claim to fame is where the Titanic set off from. I was born there 35 years ago. Sramana Mitra: What about your education? Where did you study? Rich Waldron: I studied locally. I went to university in Bournemouth, which is just down the coast. It's a reasonably well-known university. It has an excellent digital and
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If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. This is a wonderful bootstrapping with a paycheck story of a really smart, scrappy entrepreneur, Suuchi Ramesh, Founder CEO of Suuchi. Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Suuchi Ramesh: I was born in India. I spent the first 15 years in Madras, which is Chennai now. My family is in Bangalore, so I went to school in Bangalore. I'm a software engineer. Bangalore has a lot of great technology companies. I came to the United States on a tech job. My first job was with Intel. I started in Bangalore. I also had the opportunity to work at the offices in Folsom. While it was fantastic, I am glad I left Intel when I did because I could have been there for 40 years and be really comfortable. It was very formative. Sramana Mitra: What kind of companies
If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Koncert (formerly ConnectLeader) CEO / CTO Senraj Soundar had bootstrapped his company to over $10 million in revenue before raising VC funds when we spoke in 2017. We love stories like this that reinforce our philosophy: "Do not go to VCs as beggars, go as kings!" Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Senraj Soundar: I was born and brought up in India, particularly in Southern India. I got my Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in Chennai. Around that time when I graduated, I received an award from the President of India for the best invention in the country. It was called the National Technology Award. They give out one award each year. I won that award in 1991, and it was given in 1992. The following year, I came to the US and went to