Clate Mask

Clate Mask, JD/MBA from BYU, is the co-founder and CEO of software company Infusionsoft. He is also the co-author of the new book, Conquer the Chaos: How to Grow a Successful Small Business Without Going Crazy. Mask raised nearly $17mil in venture capital funding from Silicon-Valley based Mohr Davidow Ventures and vSpring Capital after bootstrapping Infusionsoft from 2001 to 2007. Clate\’s mission is to revolutionize the way small businesses grow. More than 16,000 small business subscribers use Infusionsoft\’s SaaS marketing automation solution, which comes with a \’Double Your Sales\’ guarantee. He is on Twitter as @clatemask

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3 ways to avoid costly customers

(Editor’s note: Clate Mask is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Conquer the Chaos and CEO of Infusionsoft. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)

Ambitious entrepreneurs push hard to acquire more customers and grow the business.  But too often, …

5 metrics every software CEO should obsess over

Editor’s note: Clate Mask is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Conquer the Chaos and CEO of Infusionsoft,. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)

There’s an old business maxim that goes “Where performance is measured, performance improves.  Where performance …

Our secret to getting funded

(Editor’s note: Clate Mask is the co-founder and CEO of software company Infusionsoft. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)

While many entrepreneurs dream of raising capital from the outset, the reality is that most startups must be bootstrapped long …

10 lessons in bootstrapping a business

(Editor’s note: Clate Mask is co-founder and CEO of Infusionsoft. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)

There are two ways to build a business: Raise a bunch of money or bootstrap. When I was in business school, there wasn’t much …