#45 – Bootstrapped founder still creating big industry impact 30 years in – Dave Savage - Practical Founders Podcast | Transcription & Insights

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Dave Savage was a top-producing mortgage loan officer in the early 1990s who used computers and software to help him sell more. He became a software entrepreneur by creating a new software solution for loan officers to help them educate their clients and sell more. He sold $120,000 of Mortgage Coach on stage at a conference on their first day, which started their 25-year growth journey in the software business. Mortgage Coach helps loan officers transparently present loan options and educate their clients about the financial impact, which differentiates the loan officer and helps them increase sales and referrals. It started as Windows software then eventually transitioned to the web and mobile devices.. The company grew steadily until the mortgage meltdown in the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-2010 caused its sales to plummet, but it didn't kill the company. After 2012, they started selling to large lending companies, not just individual loan officers. Mortgage Coach was a growing and profitable software company with no outside investors when a majority of the company was acquired by private equity investor LLR Partners in 2021. Dave is no longer the CEO of the new company called Trust Engine but he is still is part-owner and an active executive leader helping to grow the impact of the new company.

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