Copper Canyon – Chihuahua, Mexico

Startup 6: PaeDae (pronounced Pay Day)
(Internet Advertising Technology)
Status: Private Beta
Funding: Investor Backed

Startup 5: BULX
(Flash Sales E-commerce for Durable Goods)
Action & Result: Signed exclusive online distribution agreement with Angie’s List (Nasdaq: ANGI), in less than 1 year BULX became the worlds first & largest private sales company for home improvement products. It was acquired by DealYard.com in 2011
Funding: Bootstrapped
Lessons: The right team is critical, ownership structure matters

Startup 4: Boundaryless Brands 
(Enterprise E-commerce, Logistics, and Marketing Technology Platform) 
Action & Result: Built e-commerce and marketing technology for medium sized ($20MM to $120MM) distributors of durable goods. Acquired in 2011
Funding: Bootstrapped
Lesson: Focus on the opportunity, not on control

Startup 3: SpeakerSite
(Online Marketplace of Public Speakers)
Action & Result: Built technology, scaled to large adoption but little revenue, three years of 'ramen profitability', ceased operation
Funding: Bootstrapped
Lesson: Take on a big market with a burning problem, focus on one company at a time

Startup 2: B.A. Mensch Consulting 
(Digital Marketing and Technology Consulting) 
Action & Result: Scaled to seven figure revenue, evolved into next three ventures
Funding: Bootstrapped
Lesson: Be a good person, treat people right

Startup 1: Road of Life | The Keren Emrich Foundation
(Nonprofit, Social Enterprise)
Action & Result: Sold car and stocks, built the first online health curriculum in wiki format, scaled to $70M in distribution to over 250,000 children internationally
Funding: Stage 1, Bootstrapped; Stage 2, Grew to Government, Corporate, Foundation Grants & Major Gifts
Lesson: Meaning trumps everything, do something you care about