If you haven't already, please study our new Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. We're big fans of bootstrapping, virtual companies, and domain knowledge. FPD Solutions (formerly Field Pros Direct) Founder CEO Matt Anderson's story from 2020 has all these ingredients. Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have? Matt Anderson: I'm from a small town northeast of Tennessee called Rogersville. It's a rural area in the foothills of the Smokies. It's very beautiful there. I went to East Tennessee State University. I had an aspiration to play football. That's what drew me to that college. I grew up in that rural town and went on to East Tennessee State. Sramana Mitra: What did you do for education? What year did you graduate? What did you do after that? Matt Anderson: Growing up in a rural area and going to East
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If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. In 2020, Coalition Technologies was still largely a services company, but also had a few products. Co-founder Jordan Brannon shared the company's well-managed journey. Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Jordan Brannon: I was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I grew up primarily in Washington state in a smaller community. It's about an hour and a half south of Seattle. I have three brothers and we largely stuck to the northwest throughout my childhood. I ended up going to the University of Washington in Seattle. I roomed with my brother who inspired much of my entrepreneurial journey. He was a finance major and always interested in testing something new, doing something new. He was always quite competitive. He was always eager to do
This feature from The Guardian examines the impact of AI on the gaming industry and the Gaming Developers Conference held in San Francisco last week. For this