How a Solo, Non-technical Founder Started an 80+ Person Startup - Hustle Con 2015

Synopsis

Arram Sabeti (ZeroCater, YC W11) on starting a non-technical-founder company, using a spreadsheet before writing any code, growing to monthly recurring revenue, finding a technical co-founder, raising $1.5M, and bootstrapping to 100 employees.

Ideas in this episode

• Catering marketplace

  Arram Sabeti describes starting ZeroCater with a spreadsheet before writing code, raising $1.5M, and bootstrapping toward 100 employees.

• Prompt-to-SaaS / single-prompt MVP builder