Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  European entrepreneurs often successfully bootstrap using services. The chasing investor from the get go disease is less prevalent on the other side of the Atlantic, although the virus from Silicon Valley has been traveling now to all corners of the world. Dapresy has crossed $7 million

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Bootstrapping with Services from London: Gurman Hundal, CEO of Media IQ (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: You said you have a team in India. How are you finding building a team in India at this point? Bangalore is a talent war economy. Gurman Hundal: It’s a massively fun and exciting journey we’ve had in India. It’s one of the proudest journeys we’ve had. The best part of Media IQ

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Future of Artificial Intelligence: The Triumph of Communism?

I have written several pieces already on my deep concerns about the kind of society we’re moving towards in the next 30-50 years as technology-induced changes sweep through society, rendering hundreds of millions of people unemployable. Future of Work: Utopia or Dystopia? Future of Artificial Intelligence: Brexit, Trump and Other Calamities Artificial Intelligence: Just Because

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Sridhar Vembu, CEO of Zoho (Part 1)

Zoho has been a tremendous success story in the cloud. In this interview, Sridhar Vembu discusses his strategy for the next phase of growth, and his general observations about the dysfunctions in the cloud ecosystem. Compelling conversation, must read. Sramana Mitra: It’s been a while that we haven’t talked. We first did your story back

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Bootstrapping with Services from London: Gurman Hundal, CEO of Media IQ (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Who was your first client and how did you get that client? Gurman Hundal: We went down the route of working with media agencies who represented the clients. Our first clients came from big agency groups like Publicist Media. Our first big advertisers were the likes of the Weight Watchers, Honda, British Airways,

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Cross Border E-Commerce in Africa: Mall For Africa CEO Chris Folayan (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Besides this bank deal, was there any other strategic moves that you made that helped you accelerate? Chris Folayan: There are many ways you can look at competitors. Who are our competitors? Competitors came to us in different forms and fashion. There were the brick-and-mortar stores and online stores that have a limited

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