amir salihefendićAmir Salihefendić founded Todoist in 2007 as a university side project. He grew it to 500k paying users, ~$30M ARR, and 100 employees without any outside funding. He retains ~80% ownership with 20% allocated to employees via buybacks. Born in Bosnia, raised in Denmark, lived in Taiwan, Chile, Portugal, now Barcelona. Advocates bootstrapping, remote/async work, hands-on leadership, and founder independence over VC-driven growth.