“Took up a job as a technical leader at Cisco… helped me sustain the first year to get to a point where I had enough from the business to generate my salary”

Riccardo Pisano · Practical Founders Podcast · #216: Messy Financials Killed a Good LOI and Slowed a Profitable SaaS Sale - Riccardo Pisano

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Ran a technical leader job at Cisco while bootstrapping his SaaS to fund his salary for the first year

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