Vivek Bhaskaran

He is an enterprising professional determined to succeed. He is a go-getter. An expert gambler who seeks out challenges, to proceed or work rapidly or energetically; to be aggressive, especially in business and financial matters.

Vivek exemplifies everything about true entrepreneurship – sharp, innovative, hard-working, a risk-taker with a nose for how the dice will roll. He is the James Brown of the MR SaaS industry.

Vivek started his company from his garage in Seattle to what is now a multimillion-dollar research software enterprise, with offices in 4 continents. However, there are a few who have had the pleasure to experience the other side of Vivek Bhaskaran. I’m one of them. We met a few years after he launched QuestionPro. At the time, the company was in the embryonic stage. I was consulting for a client who wanted to acquire a small research software firm. Unfortunately, the deal fell through, and we lost touch.

Almost 4 years later, fate would connect us again. Only this time, QuestionPro was the leading DIY survey tool in the industry. It was like a Formula-1 car going from 0-60 in under 3 seconds. He made the Inc. 5000 for the best new startup in Seattle; VC offers to fall from the sky. Blogs, videos, articles, and interviews galore. The man was busier than a one-armed bricklayer in Baghdad. I sent him a quick email to connect, thinking it would be one of the 300 that lands in his daily inbox and gets screened by some gatekeeper. My short email began with, “Hey Vivek, Not sure if you remember me…”. He responded within minutes: “Of course I remember you, bro…”. That day, I met Vivek. The family man, the social animal; He’s more than a hustler, baby.

Led by his love for adventure, Vivek is a global nomad. While born in India, Vivek spent his early collegiate years in Russia, becoming proficient in the language. He then transferred to Brigham Young University in Utah, where he developed a passion for Mormonism. From there, he moved to Seattle, working as a systems architect until founding QuestionPro.