Billionaire Of The Week: Christopher Aker
Synopsis
Sam and Shaan profile Christopher Aker, founder of $900M hosting company Linode, focusing on how he kept 100% ownership and never took outside capital. It is a short founder profile rather than a how-to.
Ideas in this episode
- Open-source SaaS with paid hosted tiers
The Linode profile is less tactical but reinforces the value of bootstrapped hosting and keeping 100% founder ownership.
- Bootstrapped micro-SaaS portfolio