Jesse Pujji
Tweets about building ambitious bootstrapped companies. Exited @ampush. Now building a $1B+ bootstrapped venture studio @GatewayX
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Everyone has ONLY ONE problem. And it's the SAME problem. It's called: The Upper Limit Problem. Here is everything you need to understand and solve it:
This man runs a $6B startup from a remote village in India. It: β’ raised $0 funding β’ has 100M+ users β’ generates $1B+ in ARR Hereβs the bootstrapped story youβve never heard of:...
A Turkish immigrant used a commodity product to turn a $800,000 SBA loan into $10 BILLION. This is an incredible story: 1/ Hamdi Ulukaya grew up in Erzincan, Turkey. His family...
Being an entrepreneur for the first time is painful. You feel lost 98% of the time - the ups and downs are gut-wrenching. I wish I had a cheat sheet for when I started my first c...
The question I get most often in my DMs is: "Will you invest in my company?" But a close #2 is for book recommendations... Here are 11 of my favorite business books: (each one...
A 50 year old immigrant monk bootstrapped a biz from nothing to over $1 BILLION in sales with 30%+ profit margins. It took only 8 years. The crazy part? It doesn't even have 200...
I've landed > $100,000,000 in business because of what I'm about to share. It's the forgotten, ugly stepchild of sales. The most botched part of the process. Yet, A+ entrepreneu...
My mentor is a founder who you have never heard of. But he: β’ Built a $10B company β’ Acquired 12 MEGA brands β’ Gets home daily by 6pm β’ Built one of the most amazing cultures I've...
I just sold my company for life changing $$$. 13 years later, I'm an overnight success. Here are 13 lessons from the journey, by year:
Leadership is hard. One of the hardest parts is delegation. How much guidance do you give? When do you do it yourself? When/How to track others to-dos? As a young leader, I wish...
The most powerful lessons about entrepreneurship I've discovered:
One question I get a lot: Is Zuckerberg a βvisionaryβ or did he just get lucky? The answer is visionary. How do I know? I tried to compete with this guy. And in 2005, we spoke...