With me today is Raj De Datta, CEO & Co-founder of Bloomreach and bestselling author. Bloomreach has over $100M in ARR, powers $400BN of ecommerce sales and has raised over $400M. But these are just the headlines. Listen to the real story on Founders Uncut. In this episode, you will hear more from him on:

Near Death Experiences

• When 25M ARR Just Isn’t enough
• Telling Investors This Could Be a Zero
• Realising what may be a False Dream
• Culture is Tested In the Hard Times
• Making Tough Decisions Early

Coming Back from Near Death

• From $25M ARR back to $1M to over $100M in 6 years
• Is the Planet you are Inhabiting Repairable or Uninhabitable
• Finding another Planet while keeping Employees & Investors with You
• Growing for 5 years without Raising - Revenue Based Growth
• Hero to Zero and Zero to Hero overnight

The Founder Mindset

• Why you have to be 100% in as the Leader
• The Question you are not Allowed to Ask Yourself
• Defining Himself as a Founder
• Why You Don’t Want investors to have all their Eggs in your Basket
• Relying on Yourself - In the End it’s Your Judgement
• Building Early Investor Relationships
• Probability of Value Destroyer VC versus Value Add
• The Best Part of Being a Founder - There is Nothing You Can’t Do
• The Process of Writing a Book
• Things that are Worthwhile are Really Hard

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