6 Founders and One Vision: The Story of Kubeark, with Teo and Adrian
In this episode of The Venture-Scale SaaS Operator, Teofil Harapcea and Adrian Tudoran join us to talk about what it’s like to have six co-founders running a single startup, Kubeark. Businesses use Kubeark’s platform to manage and scale their software operations.
Tune in to learn more about:
~ How to get customers through partner channels.
~ Managing your work-life balance as a startup founder.
~ How to maintain a healthy relationship with your co-founders.
Timestamp
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:30) - What problem does Kubeark solve?
- (01:55) - Who are the typical Kubeark customers?
- (03:19) - How did Teo and Adrian meet each other?
- (04:36) - How did they initially fund their business?
- (05:10) - Why did Kubeark set up shop in both Romania and USA?
- (06:52) - Current growth stage of Kubeark.
- (09:58) - How do Kubeark’s six founders run the company together?
- (11:18) - How Kubeark acquires its customers.
- (13:28) - Driving customer acquisition through cloud service providers.
- (17:30) - How Teo and Adrian build and manage the engineering team.
- (19:07) - What is one major challenge they had to overcome in their business?
- (22:05) - How to manage work-life balance as a startup founder.
- (23:41) - How to get in touch with the Kubeark team.
- (24:22) - Outro
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Kubeark.com - Tim and Adrian’s company
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