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Dimitris Giannoccaro

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
192 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

And I would say 30% of these customers are among the Fortune 500.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

Yeah, we did it like two years ago.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

We were bootstrapped the first three and a half years.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

That's, I would say, the coolest thing I have done in my life.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

I mean, to don't have any money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

Uh, myself?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

Oh, 37.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

People thought I was crazy, man.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

Come on.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

I was, I was about to become a father.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

No, you're right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

I mean, I would say like this, an entrepreneur can't be a logic person.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

That's true.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

Because we don't see any problems on the road.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

But nevertheless, you have to make sure that you have at least bread and water on the table.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

But what we did, actually, we managed to get our first client after six months.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

So we had a really business-oriented mindset.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

So we said, OK, let's be bootstrapped.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

So we can show that our product is wanted out there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair?

And once we have done it, let's raise money.