Inspired Insider With Dr. Jeremy Weisz | Ecommerce Interviews | Entrepreneurship | Inspirational Stories | Business Lessons

Ray Nolan is one of Irelands most successful internet entrepreneurs. He founded Raven Computing (later known as Coretime Ltd) in 1989. Coretime Ltd was sold to Sage in 2004. In 1999, he founded the hugely successful online room reservation group Hostelworld.com. It was a leading worldwide brand with distribution contracts in 170 countries and more than 12MM visitors a month. He sold it in November 2009, returning more than $500MM on just $150K total investment. Ray is also the former chairman of Skyscanner. He founded and is acting CEO for XSellco Software, they provide market-leading eCommerce SaaS tools.  Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: [0:50] Jeremy’s introduction to his guest, Ray Nolan. [2:00] What is going on with Xsellco? [3:50] Trends that Ray sees in the ecommerce industry. [7:00] How did Xsellco get started? [12:30] How does Ray manage his time? [15:30] Ray talks about rolling out successful products. [19:00] Bootstrapping vs. Raising Money when starting a business. [23:00] Ray talks about b