Don't worry, take the risk. He did a stint at Cisco, then went through an IPO.

Then in 2017, left to launch Clapia, which helps you build business applications for you to use internally with your other teams for reporting, expense management, things like that.

The company was founded in Bangor. They've got five people totally bootstrap serving 10 customers, paying on average 700 bucks a month for about 7 grand and monthly recurring revenue right now.

This is the top entrepreneurs podcast where founders share how they started their companies

and got filthy rich or crash and burn.

Each episode features revenue numbers, customer counts, and other insider information that creates

business news headlines. We went from a couple hundred thousand dollars to two point seven million.

I had no money when I started the company. It was $160 million, which is the size of any IPOs.

We're a bit strapped. We have like 22,000 customers. With over five million

downloads in a very short amount of time, major outlets like Inc are calling us the fastest

growing business show on iTunes. I'm your host, Nathan Latka, and here's today's episode.

Hello, everyone. My guest today is Ashtush Kumar. He's an tech entrepreneur who always

is always up to something. He studied at a tech school in India and then started his career

as a software engineer at Cisco. He moved into product management role there and then joined a small

startup called Calm.io, which was acquired by Nounatics.

He's witnessed the IPO of that company and has a software patent filed in his name.

Currently, he's working on his new venture, Clapia, that bridges the business apps innovation gap.

Ashto, are you ready to take us to the top?

Yes, Matt.

Very good.

All right, tell us about Clapia.

What's it due and how do you make money?

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