In a series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized “return leaders,” Kennet Partners Managing Director David Carratt explores how John O’Connell, Founder of Staffware, created a £123 million company from a bootstrapped venture.
In this frank interview John talks us through some of the ups and downs of the Staffware journey. It is a story of survival through a downturn, dogged determination and more than a little humour.
Jassi Chadha achieved a remarkable 52x return on capital investment and developed his business in such a way that many of the required investments into R&D were funded by profits.
In a series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized “return leaders”, Kennet Partners Managing Director Javier Rojas sat down with Jassi to learn how he created a company that achieved that remarkable 52x ratio of exit value to capital used.
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Edward S. Marflak’s vision is all about transforming communication in K-12 education, for all parties. It has inspired him to lead the charge to develop a suite of online products and services now being used by thousands of schools, and millions of students, parents, teachers and administrators across North America.
Ed has also created a business that grades itself against a detailed set of metrics, and has built a highly capable team.
Three guidelines for successful bootstrapping
Relying solely on real customer revenues to build a business was not the most common approach in the late nineties, but James Quist saw it as the best way to retain flexibility and grasp the opportunity at hand.
In the series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized “return leaders,” Kennet Partners Managing Director Javier Rojas sat down with James Quist, founder of MedeAnalytics, to discuss why bootstrapping the company was so successful, and what advice he has for company founders today.
Delivering a $425 million exit
It is a well kept secret that some of the leading companies arrived at the top without taking early venture capital funding. Today’s market may call on companies to be more prudent in how they apply capital to generate returns.
In the second in a series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized “return leaders,” Kennet Partners Managing Director Javier Rojas sat down with Jon Craton, founder of Cramer Systems, to discuss how the company was able to achieve an exit value of $425 million or 47 times the amount of external funding used.
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Bootstrapping to a $200 million IPO
It is a well kept secret that some of the leading companies arrived at the top without taking early venture capital funding. Today’s market may call on companies to be more prudent in how they apply capital to generate returns.
Leading off a series of discussions with entrepreneurs whose capital-efficient businesses are recognized “return leaders,” Kennet Partners Managing Director Javier Rojas sat down with Greg Gianforte of RightNow Technologies to learn how he created a $200 million IPO from a bootstrapped venture.
RightNow (NASDAQ: RNOW) delivers the high-impact technology solutions and services organizations need to cost-efficiently deliver a consistently superior customer experience across their frontline service, sales and marketing touch-points. Approximately 1,800 corporations and government agencies worldwide depend on RightNow to achieve their strategic objectives and better meet the needs of those they serve.
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