Rob Walling

Founder of Drip

This week I talk with Rob Walling, Founder of Drip! In this episode we talk about growing up in the country, learning programming, getting in to entrepreneurship as a kid, buying existing businesses and improving them, the origin of Drip and its acquisition by LeadPages and more!



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Welcome to Founder Chats, the show where I, Josh Pigford, Founder of Baremetrics, hop on a call with other founders and get the stories of how they started and grew their businesses.

This week I talk with Rob Walling, Founder of Drip! In this episode we talk about growing up in the country, learning programming, getting in to entrepreneurship as a kid, buying existing businesses and improving them, the origin of Drip and its acquisition by LeadPages and more! Enjoy!

Show Notes:

  • 1:43- Childhood and technology
  • 3:15- First computer! Self-taught basic coding
  • 5:30- School and influences
  • 8:32- Early entrepreneurship
  • 12:30- Double major in college- Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering
  • 14:10- Personal preferences and structured programming
  • 16:42- Coding and the potential of the upcoming Web
  • 20:08- Transitioning from consulting to contract work
  • 23:35- New ideas and projects
  • 25:55- Stumbled upon .NETinvoice and wanted to buy it
  • 28:30- “Groundbreaking” improvements to .NETinvoice
  • 32:15- Having four to six different sites at once
  • 35:55- 2009 and 2010= Very busy!
  • 38:40- HitTail is acquired
  • 38:55- Paying yourself and saving money
  • 40:44- Taking risks
  • 42:24- Transition from HitTail to Drip
  • 47:16- Competition
  • 50:02- The Drip team in 2015
  • 51:36- Biggest struggle as a company
  • 52:56- Conversations with Leadpages
  • 55:00- Should we raise a small round of funding?
  • 56:30- Acquisition
  • 59:01- How the team dealt with the acquisition process
  • 1:02:23- Leaving Drip and future plans

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