Building a Global Enterprise Software Company from Belgium: Felix Van de Maele, CEO of Collibra (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: When you raised the seed round, you already had some revenues and customers? Felix Van de Maele: No. We raised the round in August 2008. We just incorporated the company. We had no customers and just had a letter of intent. Sramana Mitra: Who were the people who funded you in this round?

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Bootstrapping, Pivoting, Gaining Liquidity, Scaling to Over $100 Million: MediaAlpha CEO Steve Yi (Part 5)

Steve Yi: We were fortunate to become profitable within the second month. For that first month, we thought we could never make that math work. We were losing a lot of money in that first month. It’s specific to this business. You just have to go through that period where you’re willing to lose money. Sramana Mitra: You

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September 8 – 320th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 320th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, September 8, 2016, 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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319th Roundtable Recording On September 1, 2016: With Rehan Yar Khan, Orios Venture Partners

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Building a Global Enterprise Software Company from Belgium: Felix Van de Maele, CEO of Collibra (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Your positioning is to help with data consistency. Felix Van de Maele: Yes, data consistency, data understanding, and data compliance. Sramana Mitra: Who is your direct competitor? Felix Van de Maele: The biggest competitor is really doing nothing. It’s not a replacement sale. What we replace is Excel, SharePoint, and Word. It’s a

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Roundtable Recap: September 1 – Rehan Yar Khan on Indian Consumer Market Opportunities

During this week’s roundtable, our guest was Rehan Yar Khan, General Partner, Orios Venture Partners, and an early investor in the Indian startup scene. Rehan’s core focus is on the Indian consumer opportunity, and that is what we focused on in this discussion. PeopleAlliance As for the pitches, first up pitching, Sanjay Kukreja from New

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Bootstrapping, Pivoting, Gaining Liquidity, Scaling to Over $100 Million: MediaAlpha CEO Steve Yi (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Each of you had worked on this travel startup before, and you had sold this startup. You got a little bit of money and were willing to put some of that money into starting something else as a collective group. Steve Yi: That’s exactly right. You said it much better and succinctly than

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319th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 319th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, September 1, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.