eazybi - a different start-up story
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A DifferentStartup Story
Raimonds Simanovskis@rsim
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Early 2011
• 15 years in IT services businessCTO of IT Alise => Tieto Latvia
• 38 years old
• Family with 3 kids
• House (no mortgage) What to do next?
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Mid 2016
• More than thousand business customers
• eazyBI in top 10 Atlassian JIRA add-ons
• Small team of 10 people
• No venture capital
• No office
• Good profitability
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Inspiration
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What Idea to Pick?
• What you know and do best?
• What you will love to do for a long time?
• Is there a real need for this?
• Is it a not-too-small and not-too-big niche business?
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Easy to useweb based
business intelligence application
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Many data sources
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Create reports with drag-and-drop
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Many chart types
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Powerful calculations
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Main technical components
MySQLPostgre
SQLOracle MS
SQL
JRuby on Rails
Mondrian OLAP
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Start smallStay small
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No Venture Capital
High growthAll or nothing
Controlled growthSustainable business
Acquisition Profit
“Venture Capital Is a Time Bomb” — DHH
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Focus on paying(business) customers
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Be a goodOpen Source citizen
Mondrian OLAP
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Provide the best
quality support
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Customers around the globe
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Remote office
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Find beneficial partnerships
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Visit business conferences
and meet customers
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[email protected]@rsim