October 9 – 233rd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 233rd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, October 9, 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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232nd Roundtable Recording On October 2, 2014: With Brian Jacobs, Emergence Capital

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: You can find the dates and register for upcoming roundtables here. Book: Carnival In The Cloud.

Roundtable Recap: October 2 – Carnival In The Cloud with Brian Jacobs, Emergence Capital

Today’s roundtable had a special guest – Brian Jacobs, General Partner, Emergence Capital – celebrating the launch of my book, Carnival In The Cloud. The firm has one of the clearest investment thesis I have ever seen. It was unknown and started during the downturn after the dotcom crash. I did a comprehensive interview with

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Bootstrapping Using Services: InRule COO Rik Chomko (Part 3)

Sramana: What I’m trying to understand is how did you manage to bootstrap the Version 1.0 piece of your journey? Was there some of the services money that this company was paying you that went into building the product? Rik Chomko: Yes. That’s exactly how we did it. So we bootstrapped it and were trying

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Student Entrepreneurs Bootstrapping a Zero-Logistics E-Commerce Company to $19 Million: Wrist-Band.com CEO Azim Makanojiya (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: The competition for keywords has gone up in the course of this, right? Azim Makanojiya: Significantly. What we used to pay 20 cents for, we now pay $6 to $7. Sramana Mitra: How has that impacted the business?

Building a Global Software Company From Australia: Bigcommerce Co-Founder Mitch Harper (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Was there any geographical bias in the 2,000-customer base? Mitch Harper: They were mainly from North America and Australia. Sramana Mitra: Why were they pre-ordering? Why were they interested in your product? This is a segue into the discussion about your competitive landscape. There are a few players in that space. There is

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232nd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 232nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, October 2, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

232nd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 232nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, October 2, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!