Startup Stories - Mixergy

#1522 A founder faces pivoting or failure (8 separate times)


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I was invited to do an interview on stage of Podcast Movement, and soon after I got off the stage, this guy who looked like a rockstar came over to talked to me.
He started telling me about his company, Proven, and how it’s hiring software for small businesses. I thought, “Does the world needs another piece of software to like hire?” I thought this was a solved problem. That was until he told me how much revenue he’s doing, and what he’s doing to grow the business.
Pablo Fuentes is the founder of Proven. We’re going to find out how he came up with a bunch of really bad ideas that were close to the idea for Proven and they all seemed to fail.

Pablo Fuentes is the founder of Proven, a job post site for small businesses.

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Startup Stories - MixergyBy Andrew Warner