Fully Vested

Gavin Cooney is the co-founder and CEO at Learnosity. He boostrapped the business to several millions in ARR before selling a portion of the company to a publicly traded company, and later to a private equity firm. He joined us today to share insights on finding product-market fit, secondary sales, and acquiring other busiensses.

Patrick Campbell is the founder and CEO at profitwell, which was acquired in May 2022 by paddle, for $200m. Profitwell makes revenue automation products for companies that reduce cancellations, optimise pricing, and give you revenue reporting. Patrick started the profitwell in 2012, and bootstrapped it right up until it’s acquisition.

We caught up with Patrick on getting acquired as a bootstrapped company, and more!

Bryce Roberts is a co-founder at OATV - one of the formative Seed funds. Their portfolio includes Bitly, Figma, and Foursquare. At OATV, Bryce ALSO developed Indie VC, probably the most high-profile example of a fund doing venture differently.

We're kicking off our new podcast with an exceptional guest! 

Building a successful company is hard, bootstrapping a successful company is harder. Repeating that process multiple times - thats a whole other Feat. Philip Joubert is a startup founder based in Cape Town, South Africa. He is the CEO and co-founder of OfferZen, a tech talent marketplace operating across Europe and Africa. Before OfferZen, he ran a venture builder with his brother, which helped create some of South Africa’s most successful startups such as Luno, Snapscan, Journey Apps, and Pondering Panda.