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Brescia: Extreme founder frugality and DIY chores severely slowed Bitnami's early growth
“You know, when I reflect on Bitnami, we tried to do way too much too early in the early days. I was literally doing everything. You hear this a lot, like, you know, founders take out the trash. I definitely did that. I did everything. I even cooked for the tea…”
Brescia: Keep acquisition discussions limited to the smallest possible group
“So it's best to keep the discussion within the smallest group of folks possible so you don't disrupt the business and create unnecessary stress and uncertainty for your team while you're working through the details.”
Brescia: Bitnami almost raised funding for an enterprise launch before its acquisition
“In the case of Bitnami, we were at a point where we were going to launch an enterprise Product. And we had been bootstrapping for a long time, and now we're going to need to raise funding or basically sell the company. And we went out to do the funding round i…”