#710 iContact Founder Returns To Mixergy After $169M Sale – with Ryan Allis

How does a wristband help a founder build a $169 million company?
Ryan Allis is the founder of iContact, a provider of email
marketing tools for small businesses. And a company that was
recently sold for $169 million to Vocus. Here’s a quote from the
last time I interviewed him, “we incorporated in July ’03, lived in
the office, slept on futons, cooked on a George Foreman grill, did
whatever we had to do to keep expenses low, while we built up
revenue and customers, and improved the product.” Those are the
challenges for a startup and it was inspiring to hear his story
from those days. This time, I want to ask him about the challenges
of going from a successful startup to a company that generates tens
of millions a year.

Ryan Allis is the Co-Founder of iContact, a provider of email
marketing tools for small businesses.


 
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