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Koditas launched with just $1,500 and required no further capital

Mitul Bid · Secret Dev Shop Top SaaS Founders Use Breaks $10m in Revenue · Apr 26, 2021 · at 16:35

Mitul Bid is the founder of software development agency Koditas, discussing the company's bootstrapped origins with Nathan Latka.

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“And that was because that was a paid up capital required. You know, you declare some money with the starting. So we put in, I don't think we can use that fully. And we've never had to follow more to the company.”

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Bid: Koditas crossed $10 million in annual revenue last year
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“We have zero IP even today. We have lots of things which are repeatable, reusable. We do not claim the IP. I just see it as a conflict of interest.”
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Assertion Contradicted
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