The Pursuit of Scrappiness

180. How a Bootstrapped Startup With 0 VC Money Grew to Service Zoom & Microsoft. The Importance of Software Testing, Skype Mafia & What Matters to Enterprise Clients w/ Ervins Grinfelds (TestDevLab)

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Ervins Grinfelds is the Co-founder of TestDevLab, a leading quality assurance and software testing service provider that works with global tech giants such as Microsoft, Zoom, and Twilio. TestDevLab has grown from a small startup to a company with more than 500 employees, all without external funding. Ervins is passionate about ensuring that software products meet the highest quality standards, and he brings invaluable insights into the importance of trust, scaling a service business, and the role of quality assurance in the tech ecosystem.

On this episode we talk about:

  • Why founders often only turn to QA when s%&t hits the fan
  • How TestDevLab expanded from a small team to a company with over 500 employees and global clients
  • The balance between people-driven services and product-based scalability
  • How to ensure trust and reliability
  • How TestDevLab has managed to remain profitable and grow without external investment.

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