Roundtable Recap: August 4 – Alternatives to Traditional Venture Capital with Bryce Roberts, Indie VC

During this week’s roundtable, our guest was Bryce Roberts, Managing Director, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV), and Founder, Indie.vc. We discussed the issues with the venture capital financing model, and explored alternatives. ADDVentures First up pitching, Alina Shcherbinina from St. Petersburg, Russia, shared ADDventures, an adventure travel planning service. I gave her extensive feedback on the

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Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship: Philippe d’Offay, CEO of PMD (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What was the journey like in 2001 to 2007? It was slow as you are pointing out, but were you still getting customers? What was the sustaining strategy during that period? Philippe d’Offay: At that time in healthcare, the consolidation hadn’t quite begun. There was this very strong entrepreneurial spirit in healthcare. We were

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Bootstrapping Using Services to $12 Million: Square Root CEO Chris Taylor (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  You know that we believe in the Bootstrapping Using Services methodology quite firmly. Here’s yet another story of how and why it works. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what

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316th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 316th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, August 4, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

316th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 316th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, August 4, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

A Serial Entrepreneur’s Journey: Wowza CEO David Stubenvoll (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Ups and downs, successes and failures, experiments and pivots – the stuff that make up a serial entrepreneur’s journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? David

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Future of Artificial Intelligence: Demonetization

As a follow-up to my series of articles on Artificial Intelligence, my friend Som Das sent me an article by Peter Diamandis on demonetization and the “abundance” that will be created with the help of technology. People are concerned about how AI and robotics are taking jobs and destroying livelihoods… reducing our earning capacity, and subsequently destroying

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2016: Torchlite, Indianapolis, IN

By 2020, more than 40% of the American workforce, or 60 million people are expected to be independent freelancers. While dozens of tech platforms exist to help companies find freelance talent, Torchlite is the first platform that helps them manage, collaborate with, and evaluate that talent in the niche area of digital marketing.