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Starting a B2B SaaS Company

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This one goes out to all the techies with an attitude - we're SaaSing it up this week. Ben Milne, Founder and Chairman of Dwolla, and Jordan Husney, Co-Founder and CEO of Parabol, join Amy Tom to chat about how they started their B2B SaaS companies🔥

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

  • When did Ben found Dwolla (for the first time - lol entrepreneur life) and when did Jordan start Parabol? 🤘(01:27)
  • Ben talks about how he started his entrepreneurial journey in high school (03:11) and Jordan recalls his young entrepreneurial journey as well 🥺 (06:35)
  • Is post-secondary education recommended for entrepreneurship? (11:11)
  • The epiphany that led Jordan to Parabol 🤯 (16:41)
  • Why did Ben start Dwolla? (20:17)
  • Do CEOs start a company with the intention of selling it eventually? 🧐 (28:56)
  • Are there certain types of people that make better CEOs than others? (34:58)

    • 🚗 Vote for Parabol for Startup of The Year in LA:

    https://startups.hackernoon.com/california/los-angeles

    🤑 Say goodbye to bank fees with Brex! https://bit.ly/37doqiH

    🚙 Vote for Dwolla for Startup of The Year in Des Moines:

    https://startups.hackernoon.com/us/des-moines

    Connect with Ben and Jordan:

    • Check out Jordan's work at Parabol.co
  • Check out Ben's work at Dwolla.com

    • Learn more about HackerNoon and Startups of The Year:

    • For more information visit startups.hackernoon.com
  • To read HackerNoon stories, check out hackernoon.com
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