TEDxNJIT - Heath Ahrens - Bootstrapping

1,718 views · Published 2 December 2011 · 16:31 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2011 · Science & Technology

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Heath Ahrens is the founder and CEO of iSpeech, text to speech and voice recognition provider.  In 2009, Ahrens pioneered a new solution to distracted driving with the launch of DriveSafe.ly, an award winning mobile app with over 12 million users to date.  iSpeech powered apps have been downloaded over 25 million times. Ahrens says entrepreneurial success through bootstrapping is not easy... It's unconventional, it's risky, it's difficult, but if you get it right, it's the most rewarding success I believe you can achieve.

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