Garg Paid for Eka's First $350K Dev Contract With $250K in Equity
Manav Garg · These 90 Minutes Will Teach You Everything About SaaS Business | SaaSBOOMi Co-Founder | Neon Show · Jul 12, 2024 · at 20:53
Manav Garg, founder of Eka Software and Together Fund, explains how he bootstrapped early software development by trading equity instead of paying entirely in cash.
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“So I actually, my first contract I signed was three 50 K services outsourced to Trigen technologies in Bangalore. Three 50 K contract, a hundred K in cash, two 50 K in equity.”
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