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June 30 – 311th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Friday, Jun 24th 2016

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 311th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, June 30, 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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310th Roundtable Recording On June 23, 2016: With T.M. Ravi, The Hive

Posted on Friday, Jun 24th 2016

In case you missed it, you can listen to this roundtable here:

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Roundtable Recap: June 23 – The 3-month Acceleration Model for Startups is Bogus

Posted on Friday, Jun 24th 2016

During this week’s roundtable, our guest was T.M. Ravi, Managing Director and Co-founder, The Hive, a venture studio. The discussion touched upon a couple of key issues: the prevalent incubator/accelerator model of 3-month classes, we agreed, is bogus; and the Future of Work: Utopia or Dystopia? CloudKnots As for the pitches, first up, Prajit Arakkal from

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The Story of a $9M Lifestyle Business: Kean Graham, CEO of MonetizeMore (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Jun 24th 2016

Sramana Mitra: It makes a big difference. At this point, were you still a solopreneur or were other people in the picture? Kean Graham: There were other people in the picture. I hired my parents part-time. I outsourced certain operations to other people. We were looking into certain partnerships at that time. I was getting

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Capitalism in the Age of Free Riders

Posted on Friday, Jun 24th 2016

LinkedIn’s recent sale to Microsoft is yet another case in point that freemium business models are a struggle to scale. LinkedIn offers excellent value to its users. Still, few are willing to pay for that value. Thus, the company faces a slowing growth curve, resulting in the decision to sell. The truth is, on the

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Building a Billion Dollar Unicorn: Outbrain CEO Yaron Galai (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, Jun 23rd 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Yaron came with a clear notion of how he wanted to recommend content and monetize those recommendations. It took, however, many years before the market caught up with his vision. It has now. The company is going gangbusters. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Lessons Learned: .CLUB CEO Colin Campbell (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Jun 23rd 2016

Sramana Mitra: How much money did it take to get this rolling? Colin Campbell: We’ve raised $11.6 million to date. Initially, I put some of my own funds into it. Sramana Mitra: So you did not fund it yourself? You did take financing? Colin Campbell: I didn’t take any financing. The way it worked is

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310th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Jun 23rd 2016

Today’s 310th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, June 23, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

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