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Tuesday, May 4, 2021
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Lessons from bootstrapping a company to $160K MRR in 16 months (with Stephen Hakami)

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And today we are chatting with Stephen Hakami, the CEO of a bootstrapped company called Wiza. Software that creates email lists from LinkedIn.

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Key talking points: 

- How Stephen quit his job to start his first company
- Wiza could potentially replace zoominfo for B2B companies - why/how
- Relevance vs context of your sales/marketing emails
- Stephen’s views on bootstrapping vs taking capital
- Saying no to new shiny opportunities as a CEO


About Stephen:

Stephen used to run an outbound sales agency. Later launched a company called Wiza with his agency’s profit. He bootstrapped it to $160,000 MRR in 16 months. 
Wiza creates email lists for your outbound efforts from LinkedIn.

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