Ferrara: I bootstrapped GoldMine with $5,000 and retired at age 40
John Ferrara · 643: Nimble Passes $1.5M In ARR Last Year, $200k MRR now as CRM space heats up with CEO Jon Ferrara · Apr 28, 2017 · at 2:29
Jon Ferrara is the co-founder of GoldMine and founder of Nimble. He describes founding GoldMine in 1989 and growing the software company without outside financing.
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“So I invented it started on 5000 dollars, no bank loans, no venture capital, ran it for 10 years, had five million customers around the world, and sold it and retired at 40.”
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