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273 David Tabachnikov - Building a Marketplace with Purpose: AI, Bootstrapping, and the Road to Scale
🔥 Billions in scholarships go unclaimed every year—not because students don’t need the money, but because the system is broken.
In this episode of SaaS Fuel, host Jeff Mains sits down with David Tabachnikov, CEO of ScholarshipOwl, the largest scholarship marketplace in the U.S. David reveals how they’re using AI, automation, and ethical technology to simplify the scholarship process for students—while helping brands use scholarships as a powerful marketing tool.
And here’s the twist: they’ve done it all bootstrapped. No VC money. Just smart strategy and relentless focus.
Whether you’re…
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