Sramana Mitra: We’re now in mid-2009? Ben Dilts: That’s right. At this point, it was still very much a one-man show. I may have collected a grand total of a few hundred dollars in revenue from some users. It was a product but it was in no way a company at that point. When I
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 331st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, December 8, 2016, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 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
While we focus a lot more on lean startups than startups that require capital to get going these days, fat startups still play an important role in developing large-scale success stories with significant, defensible, competitive advantages. The bulk of the VC industry has moved away from the ‘fat startup’ category. Investors expect that you will
Ludovic Huraux: Because the concept was very different, we had a lot of journalists who wrote about how attractive we are. There were a lot of bloggers who covered us. We got traction very quickly in France. A lot of our users organized events. I raised money. The first round was €500,000 with private investors. Then
During this week’s roundtable, our guest was Hernan Kazah, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Kaszek Ventures, one of the earliest VC firms to start investing in the Latin American market. Hernan is a co-founder of MercadoLibre, Latin America’s e-commerce leader. Today’s discussion featured a comprehensive overview of the trends in the Latin American startup scene. VogueTote
We’ve covered the cloud integration space before. Dell Boomi is Dell’s cloud integration arm with over 150 Fortune 500 customers. Sramana Mitra: Let’s being by introducing our audience to Dell Boomi as well as yourself. Chris McNabb: I’m the CEO for a company called Dell Boomi. It’s a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell. We provide the
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Utah is becoming a wonderful hub for capital efficient technology entrepreneurship. People are not as delusional about artificial Unicorns, gratuitous fundraising, and high burn rates. They focus, instead, on fundamentals. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where
Today’s 330th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, November 17, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!