Serial Entrepreneur, Self-Financing to $50 Million: GoGrid CEO, John Keagy (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: This is a behavior that we see in people who are playing with their own money as opposed to other people’s money. It can be easier to be very cavalier and generous with spending other people’s money. When it comes to your own money, you’re a lot more careful. John Keagy: Not just

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March 27 – 210th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 210th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, March 27, 2014, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Sher Downing, Executive Director of Online Academic Services at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Much is changing in the world of education. Universities are becoming large scale providers in online learning. Arizona State University is at the fore of this trend, running one of the largest business programs online. Sramana Mitra: Sher, let’s start with introducing our audience to yourself

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Bootstrapping a $7 Million Company in Houston: Gaurav Khandelwal, CEO of ChaiOne (Part 5)

Sramana: When did you start hiring people? What year? Gaurav Khandelwal: I hired the first three in February of 2010. That year, we hired 22 people, all in Houston. Sramana: Where you at in terms of revenue in 2010? Gaurav Khandelwal: In 2009, we doubled our revenue from 2008, and in 2010, we tripled our

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Serial Entrepreneur, Self-Financing to $50 Million: GoGrid CEO, John Keagy (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: GoGrid is 100% financed by you? John Keagy: That’s right. Sramana Mitra: Tell us more about how you go about building GoGrid. What can people learn from your journey of building the company assuming that we’re taking the issue of financing off the table in this particular case because you have not raised

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Roundtable Recap: March 20 – Spotlight on Penn Students

During this week’s roundtable, we collaborated with the University of Pennsylvania to support their student entrepreneurship drive. All four presenters today are semi finalists of the PennVention competition. AWARE First up, John Bergantino from Philadelphia, PA, pitched AWARE, a very interesting product focused on helping football players prevent head injuries and concussions. There has been

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Trying to Turn Carriers and Retailers Into Google: Azzimov CEO Benoît l’Archevêque (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: What you have today is a product and a business model that is just starting to come into the market? This business model is not generating $5 million in revenue? Benoît l’Archevêque: If you only consider Azzimov, no. But if you consider the whole entity, yes. Sramana Mitra: You’re basically trying to turn

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209th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 209th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, March 20, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.