Lessons in Bootstrapping to Profitability ft. Plei’s Sebastian Duque (Sportstech Startup)

Every year, thousands of founders raise venture capital to fuel growth, but some of the most impressive companies out there never took a single check…

On Thursday, September 17, we’re sitting down with a founder who built a profitable, multi-million dollar business entirely on his own terms.

Joining us on stage:

Sebastian Duque, Founder and CEO of Plei, Inc, the largest pickup soccer platform in North America. Built out of Miami, Plei now connects over 600,000 players across multiple cities, using technology and data to make playing soccer seamless and accessible. Under his leadership, the company has grown to millions in annual revenue and is expanding internationally, with a long-term vision of becoming the global ecosystem of soccer.

He’ll break down:

 What it actually takes to grow a company to millions in revenue without venture capital
 How he built Plei’s community first, and let that community drive the platform’s growth
 The harder, less visible side of the founder journey… staying resilient through the grind, told through the real story of how Plei got here