Pujji: Ampush bootstrapped $150,000 selling $5K research reports to hedge funds
Jesse Pujji · Jesse Pujji on Bootstrapping a +$1B Business + Selling To The Ultra Rich · Aug 26, 2024 · at 11:01
Jesse Pujji describes how he and his co-founder bootstrapped Ampush by creating and selling industry research reports on GLG.
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“By the time it was all said and done, we sold 30 of the reports. So I always joke that was Ampush's Angels round. We raised a 150,000 dollars selling research reports to hedge fund people.”
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