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Marginally related question: I just read https://bolt.com/team https://bolt.com/team and how do you build such a large company before even launching? I mean, yo
by skrebbel 9y ago
Marginally related question: I just read https://bolt.com/team https://bolt.com/team and how do you build such a large company before even launching? I mean, you have a fulltime recruiter on payroll. If you started in 2014 and stayed stealth for 4 years, how on earth did you manage to raise the funds needed to a) survive and b) have such a large team?
Note: I mean this entirely unskeptically. I wonder how you pulled this off and I think it's a positive signal about your company that you did.
- rbres 9y agoGood question. It was actually pretty insane. In payments, the MVP bar is high and we built like 4 companies in one (payment processor, fraud detection co, checkout platform, + more). So we had to raise a bunch, hire world-class people, and write code for a couple years before launch, all the while convincing investors that we weren't going to be another stealth-disaster-company. We then landed close to 100 customers while totally in stealth. I'll be writing blog posts about how we did it -- from fundraising to recruiting to sales. It was 100 times harder than I ever imagined. But, it's made us stronger than ever.
- flaviuspopan 9y agoThis is way more interesting than the actual product, I can't wait to read the post!
- kodablah 9y agoLikewise. I hope the reason for remaining in "stealth" is detailed.
- ajinkyai 9y agoAre you hiring interns for the summer 2018 season?
- rbres 9y agoYes! Shoot us an email: jobs [at] bolt.com