The Brian's Den

Alistair Crane is 25-years-old and co-founder of startup Grapple Mobile, which builds custom mobile apps for big companies. He’s living proof that startups don’t need VC money.

He and his co-founder, Jamie True, said no to a $10 million offer to seed Grapple in the early days, a mere two years ago.

“We framed the offer letter from the bidder and it sits in one of our toilets in our U.K. headquarters,” he laughs.