62: The $100 Million Dollar Man, Chris Strode from Invoice2go

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2015

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

All the most successful ideas in the world were when entrepreneurs realized that there was something about their current life that they wished could be done a little easier. The only difference between entrepreneurs and regular people though, is instead of just complaining, they go ahead and built it. For founder Chris Strode it all began because he wanted make the lives of small business owners a little easier back in 2002. Today Invoice2go is one of the highest grossing business app on the market, and the number one invoicing app worldwide for small businesses. In this interview you will learn: Exactly what it takes to bootstrap your way to $100 Million How to create a brilliant product by identifying a personal problem The importance of finding, and defining, your perfect customer How to grow a business as a one-man startup The key to persevering when the odds seem stacked against you

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0:00.0	This is episode number 62 with Chris Strode of the Founder Podcast.
0:06.5	What you need is thirst.
0:08.3	You need to be a thirsty human.
0:10.1	Who is intent on learning.
0:12.3	It's a really fascinating exploration of human potential.
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0:46.3	Podcast. Hey guys, thank you so much for tuning in. Before we start today's episode, I just want to let
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1:40.5	Okay, so now let's talk about today's episode.
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