Jason’s guest this week is Peter Pham, CEO of Billshrink.com.
About Peter:
Peter Pham is the CEO of Billshrink.com, a free, personalized savings tool that helps users save money on their bills. Billshrink does this by combining billing data for things like cell phones and credit cards with a users individual usage/preferences. They then use their technology to find the cheapest plans/companies for a particular users needs. Billshrink has been around for two years and saves the average years about $1500 annually. In 2008, Billshrink raised $8 million dollars in Series B funding, which was led by Trinity Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Peter was previously Vice President of Business Development at Photobucket.com. Before that, he worked in the enterprise space for eight years doing everything from sales to marketing to product development and more. Peter has a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and a minor in business management from the University of California, Irvine.
What is the best strategy for approaching and acquiring potential partners as a bootstrapping start-up?
How does Billshrink differentiate itself from the many other consumer bargains and financial services websites?
Jason,
Great show as always.
Could your guys look into the sound a bit? The transitions between ‘theme song’, a poorly mic-ed up speaker (like Tyler), then back to you is pretty jarring.
How do you effectively create and market a product in the personal finances industry concerning users sharing their highly sensitive data online?
This was the first episode I have listened to, excellent stuff. Specifically enjoyed Jason’s response to Lisa’s question. Great advice, thanks.