In Part 1 of this 2-part episode, we talk to Andrew Filev, the founder and CEO of Wrike, a cloud-based work management platform and one of the fastest growing companies in North America according to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 List in 2017.

Andrew discusses:

• The reason for Wrike’s growth
• The immigration path from Russia to Silicon Valley
• How he came up with the idea for Wrike
• How and why he decided to bootstrap the company and how successful that was
• Strategies Wrike employed as a company that led to early success
• How he dealt with the psychological and company pressures that early startups face
• The thought process behind raising Series A and Series B rounds

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