It’s been 14 years since Bob Vaez started EventMobi and he’s had considerable growth without investment from Venture Capital or Private Equity. How did he do it? It wasn’t always easy.

EventMobi’s early sales model was classic founder led with Bob doing it all from mining his network for leads to closing deals. 

His decision to bootstrap versus take external investment meant that hiring an experienced sales leader was out of the question. Instead he hired young, hungry graduates who could listen and tell stories.

His strategy worked. Growth was great, annual sales revenue soared.  

Then the pandemic hit and revenue plummeted to near zero.

Within a few months, Bob pivoted the in-person event platform into a virtual one.

Sales rebounded and are stronger than ever with a return to in-person.

Bob’s 14 year jo ...