Leaving the Base Camp: The journey of a bootstrapping startup that left its comfort zone and grew by hiring a global remote team, nurturing a diverse culture, and driving global growth with no budget

Leaving the Base Camp reveals the unconventional growth and management strategies Ilma Tiki used to bootstrap MailerLite from a small Lithuanian startup business to a $90+ million exit, building a globally-distributed remote team along the way.

Ilma's story proves that you don't need to move to Silicon Valley, raise funds, and risk it all to grow a startup. Alternative paths aren't just for lifestyle businesses: you can use them to grow wildly successful companies with millions of users.

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