Bootstrapping from Ukraine: BPMOnline CEO Katherine Kostereva (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This is a fascinating story of a Ukrainian entrepreneur bootstrapping her CRM Software company to global scale. We’re thrilled to bring you Katherine Kostereva’s inspiring and super intelligent entrepreneurial journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s get going. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? Let’s

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Catching Up On Readings: Rio Olympics 2016

This feature from Financial Times rounds up the Rio Olympics 2016 in which US topped the medals tally while Britain came second, its best performance at the Olympics in over a century. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 4)

Tobi Andersson: I spent many hours meeting customers telling them about my efforts. We were able to launch our platform which was called Dapresy Pro. That is the platform that we are offering to the market today. The first version of Dapresy Pro was made to address each customer’s needs. I told them, “I’m going

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Sridhar Vembu, CEO of Zoho (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Tell me a bit about the metrics that you are willing to share. Sridhar Vembu: We have 4,000 employees now and more than 20 million users on Zoho. We have one million new users per month. We still don’t disclose revenues. The company continues to be profitable. We have never taken any outside

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Bootstrapping Using Services From Sweden: Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and CEO Rudy Nadilo (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What changes did you make? How did you move to the next phase of the journey? Tobi Andersson: I decided two things. One is that I’m going to be an international company, which means I should have an offering that can help grow the company outside Sweden. Sweden is a great market. It’s

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Roundtable Recap: August 18 – Kean Graham Wants to Travel

During this week’s roundtable, our guest was Kean Graham, CEO of MonetizeMore. Kean started his company with the stated goal of being able to travel while building his business. Listen to how he realized this goal. Map My Money First up pitching, Michah Laughmiller from Fort Worth, Texas, pitched Map My Money, a concept for

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Sridhar Vembu, CEO of Zoho (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How are you going to inform the market that such an option exists? Sridhar Vembu: There are two things to it. One, of course, is a good deal of traffic. Zoho is almost at the rate of a million new users per month. It’s at an increasing pace. Our horizontal line of applications

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August 25 – 318th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 318th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, August 25, 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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