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Monday’s Montanan: Entrepreneur Steve Saroff’s life in tech, art

Steve Saroff

Steve Saroff, a software entrepreneur who’s started six companies, says that in business, the message should be honed and simple.

“When I ran a business, I realized you need to spin your story to a point and focus on one thing,” he said.

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“…think of the cash in Breaking Bad, but all legal and no one dies…” A short story about one of Montana’s most successful startups

In these past five years many lives have been changed by what started with a few text messages. Sometimes now I get asked about start ups and how to become an entrepreneur. I make sure to say that money is not what it takes to start. It really takes a combination of these hard things: being desperate, being willing to learn and re-learn many new things, being willing to give up 120% of your free time, and it also helps finding someone who can match what you do, hour for hour, year after year.

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Montana Voice – Part one of ‘How to Make Ten Million Dollars’

I had an idea. I thought that computers would become communication devices. I convinced a friend of mine to work on this idea with me.

 

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Missoula, Montana’s Steve Saroff tells the story of a drifting runaway who walked thousands of miles across….

There was a day when I woke up
and knew I was leaving.

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Steve Saroff’s Montana Voice

Too many business books just brag and teach nothing, but most successes come from strings of personal loss…

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Happy Birthday! – 8 Years Since the Corporate Birth of Missoula, Montana’s Submittable

I didn’t expect to become his friend, because, really, friends are rare. As are exceptional companies. Fitzgerald and Submittable are two rare exceptions in this roiling sea of fools and deceivers.

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1 Comment

  1. Russ Fletcher on October 7, 2019 at 10:02 am

    I’ve had the pleasure of knowing both Steve and Glenn since I moved here 25 years ago. Their story is a testament to the soul and vibrancy of Missoula and their contributions have helped build its amazing legacy of life. I still remember laughing so hard when I first heard the story of Mike Fitzgerald and how he worked with Steve and Glenn to realize the dream he had for Submittable. Just amazing and so enjoyable.
    Thank you for your love of life Steve and for helping to make Missoula an even better place to live.

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