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Throwback: Building a Business Meant to Last with Peldi Guilizzoni of Balsamiq

2022/3/30
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Peldi Guilizzoni：从最初不想创业，到创办Balsamiq并取得成功，这其中经历了多次转变。他强调了在大型公司工作的经验对他创业的帮助，以及持续学习的重要性。他分享了Balsamiq的早期发展历程，包括产品策略、市场定位、客户获取等方面，以及如何应对公司发展过程中遇到的挑战。他认为，Balsamiq的成功与其产品本身的独特性、病毒式传播效应以及对小众市场的专注密不可分。他强调了公司可持续发展的重要性，以及如何平衡个人生活和工作。他分享了在公司发展过程中，如何调整自己的目标和梦想，以及如何从其他创始人的经验中学习。他最后也谈到了如何将公司建设成一个不依赖于个人的强大团队。 Courtland：作为访谈者，Courtland引导Peldi分享了他的创业历程，并就Balsamiq的成功经验、公司发展策略、以及创始人个人成长等方面进行了深入探讨。他与Peldi就产品设计、市场营销、团队管理、公司文化等方面进行了交流，并对Peldi的创业理念和经验进行了总结和评价。

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Peldi recounts his journey from working at Adobe to starting Balsamiq, driven by a desire to learn more about the business aspects of software development.
  • Peldi moved to California with the intention of returning to Italy after learning from large corporations.
  • He worked at Adobe for six years, starting as a QA engineer and eventually becoming a developer.
  • Reading a book about the realities of starting a business made him reconsider his entrepreneurial aspirations.

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Twenty pages into reading his first business book, Peldi Guilizzonni (@peldi) closed it for good and told himself, "This is not for me. I'm never going to start a business. It's insane." Not long after that, he rolled up his sleeves and got started building Balsamiq Mockups, which would go on to employee dozens of people, serve thousands of customers, and generate over $6M per year in revenue. Over ten years later, it's still going strong. Learn about the path Peldi took to get where he is today, why he's a legend among bootstrappers, and how he's building a business that's meant to last.

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