How to Land More Clients with Your Proposals and Launch a Spin Off Product in A Very Competitive Market with Ruben Gamez #20

Ruben Gamez is a specialist in Bootstrapping, marketing, User Experience, and software development, he is the founder of Bidsketch, a professional web app focused on designing, tracking, and customizing proposals in no time.

In the past, Ruben owned 9thSign, a small business specialized in web development and consulting, after that Ruben worked In Oasis Outsourcing as a Web development Manager, the largest privately-held PEO at the time, then Ruben decided to quit his job and founded Bidsketch where he’s been growing and improving since 2009.

During this interview we cover:

Shifting from part-time gig to running a full time startup

Clearly identifying your startup idea & problem you're solving

VC vs. Bootstrapping your company

Growth Strategies that worked well for Bidsketch

Failures & how to use them as experience

Key differences when comparing winning or losing business proposals

Conceiving other ideas to integrate with your StartUp (Docsketch)

Proposals for closing SMB’s vs. Enterprise leads

Trends in e-Signature Market during COVID-19

Making Docsketch Competitive

Considering Merger or Acquisition as a way to grow

Links and mentions:

Bidsketch

Docsketch

Get in touch with Andy:

Ruben’s LinkedIn Profile

Personal Blog

More about Akeel:

🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber (https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber)

💼 LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar (https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar)

🔈 More Podcast Sessions - https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast (https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast)

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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/saas-district/message

Ruben Gamez is a specialist in Bootstrapping, marketing, User Experience, and software development, he is the founder of Bidsketch, a professional web app focused on designing, tracking, and customizing proposals in no time.

In the past, Ruben owned 9thSign, a small business specialized in web development and consulting, after that Ruben worked In Oasis Outsourcing as a Web development Manager, the largest privately-held PEO at the time, then Ruben decided to quit his job and founded Bidsketch where he’s been growing and improving since 2009.

During this interview we cover:

Shifting from part-time gig to running a full time startup

Clearly identifying your startup idea & problem you're solving

VC vs. Bootstrapping your company

Growth Strategies that worked well for Bidsketch

Failures & how to use them as experience

Key differences when comparing winning or losing business proposals

Conceiving other ideas to integrate with your StartUp (Docsketch)

Proposals for closing SMB’s vs. Enterprise leads

Trends in e-Signature Market during COVID-19

Making Docsketch Competitive

Considering Merger or Acquisition as a way to grow

Links and mentions:

Bidsketch


Docsketch

Get in touch with Andy:

Ruben’s LinkedIn Profile


Personal Blog

More about Akeel:

🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber

💼 LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar

🔈 More Podcast Sessions - https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast

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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/saas-district/message