MI Rewind: You Don't Have to Go Big w/ Andrew Gazdecki

In this MI Rewind Episode, Robert Leonard chats with Andrew Gazdecki about what Microacquire is, how he built it, and what his goal is with this company; how he thinks about smaller, bootstrapped companies versus large, venture-backed ones that are trying to be worth a billion dollars; why VC-backed companies generally get all the news coverage and what Andrew is doing to change this, and much, much more!

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:29 - What the first steps are to getting a new business off the ground. 32:04 - Why having a great product is not enough in today’s world and why relying on this is a losing strategy. 32:04 - How someone with a faulty sales process can fix it. 32:04 - How to focus on one thing as an entrepreneur and how to determine what that one thing should be. 52:15 - What it means to “build in public” and why Andrew has chosen to go this route. And much, much more!

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