With me today is Raj De Datta, CEO & Co-founder of Bloomreach and bestselling author. Bloomreach has over $100M in ARR, powers $400BN of ecommerce sales and has raised over $400M. But these are just the headlines. Listen to the real story on Founders Uncut. In this episode, you will hear more from him on:
Near Death Experiences
When 25M ARR Just Isn’t enough
Telling Investors This Could Be a Zero
Realising what may be a False Dream
Culture is Tested In the Hard Times
Making Tough Decisions Early
Coming Back from Near Death
From $25M ARR back to $1M to over $100M in 6 years
Is the Planet you are Inhabiting Repairable or Uninhabitable
Finding another Planet while keeping Employees & Investors with You
Growing for 5 years without Raising - Revenue Based Growth
Hero to Zero and Zero to Hero overnight
The Founder Mindset
Why you have to be 100% in as the Leader
The Question you are not Allowed to Ask Yourself
Defining Himself as a Founder
Why You Don’t Want investors to have all their Eggs in your Basket
Relying on Yourself - In the End it’s Your Judgement
Building Early Investor Relationships
Probability of Value Destroyer VC versus Value Add
The Best Part of Being a Founder - There is Nothing You Can’t Do
The Process of Writing a Book
Things that are Worthwhile are Really Hard
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