Bootstrapping With a Paycheck to Techstars: Nevin Shetty, CEO of Blueprint Registry (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  In a previous story, we showed you how Jas Grewal bootstrapped his company CareSkore with a paycheck and then got into YCombinator with a validated business. With Blueprint, we show you the same strategy as executed by Nevin Shetty to get into TechStars. Sramana Mitra: Let’s

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Catching Up On Readings: Tech IPO Prospects 2017

This feature from VentureBeat lists 31 top IPO candidates in 2017, which have also been highlighted as IPO contenders by private company research startup CB Insights and IPO exchange traded funds (ETF) manager Renaissance Capital. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

335th Roundtable Recording On January 12, 2017: With Ludovic Huraux, Attractive World and Shapr

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January 19 – 336th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 336th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, January 19, 2017, 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

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Managing a Successful Pivot from B-to-C to B-to-B: Jifiti Co-Founder and CMO Shaul Weisband (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Once you figured out that there was demand, how did the business ramp? Shaul Weisband: It started running on a B2B level, which is identifying who those partners are. That partner can be a retailer who we want to work with in order to sell their gifts, or it can be a platform

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Roundtable Recap: January 12 – Raising Money From 80 Investors

During this week’s roundtable, our guest Ludovic Huraux, Co-founder and CEO of Attractive World, and now Shapr, discussed his journey from conception to exit. Among his many interesting points was a specific highlight: how he raised money from 80 investors. Mi Purpose As for pitches, Tracey Carr from London, UK, pitched Mi Purpose, a goal setting

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Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Jack Porter, CEO of Razorthink (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s switch to the 30,000-foot question. If you were advising new entrepreneurs to look for open problems in the AI deep learning space, where would you point them to? Jack Porter: First, I’d point them to the ground zero for where the next big disruption is going to happen. When disruption for AI happens, it’s

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335th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 335th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, January 12, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!