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A Pilot’s Heroic Journey: Jonny Nicol, CEO of Stratajet (Part 6)

Posted on Saturday, Feb 25th 2017

Sramana Mitra: How many people were on the team at this point when you were going through this? Jonny Nicol: Six months earlier, there were 16 people. I actually let people go before we ran out of money, which was painful. Then there were eight of us. It wasn’t actually the case that they could work

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From Solo Entrepreneur to $65 Million in Revenue: Brazilian Entrepreneur Daniel Scandian, CEO of MadeiraMadeira (Part 6)

Posted on Saturday, Feb 25th 2017

Sramana Mitra: I completely agree with you. Daniel Scandian: The priority is to be profitable and grow. If I don’t reach profitability, it can be very difficult. The company has to remain profitable. We are 230 people right now. We need to add another 200 people in the next two years. Sramana Mitra: What happened to

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March 22 – Sramana Mitra to Moderate Panel, “Women Building Businesses from the Ground Up”

Posted on Friday, Feb 24th 2017

Whether you’re an entrepreneur or just curious about the experience of women in the business world, please join Sramana at Kepler’s as this panel of insightful and successful women will discuss building their businesses from the ground up. Learn more here. Wednesday, March 22, 2017 7:30pm 8:30pm Kepler’s 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA,

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March 2 – 342nd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Posted on Friday, Feb 24th 2017

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 342nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, March 2, 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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A Pilot’s Heroic Journey: Jonny Nicol, CEO of Stratajet (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Feb 24th 2017

Sramana Mitra: Let me summarize here. You got about $800,000 from these hedge fund guys. Let’s call it angel financing. What year was that? Jonny Nicol: It ended up at $1.6 million. That was 2013. Sramana Mitra: You had already run this company with your own money for three years before you got the angel financing?

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341st Roundtable Recording On February 23, 2017: With Sergio Furio, Creditas

Posted on Friday, Feb 24th 2017

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

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From Solo Entrepreneur to $65 Million in Revenue: Brazilian Entrepreneur Daniel Scandian, CEO of MadeiraMadeira (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Feb 24th 2017

Sramana Mitra: Do you need to a raise more money or are you planning to now keep growing organically? Daniel Scandian: Now, we are breaking even. Last year, we achieved $65 million in revenue and we plan to reach around $150 million in 2017. We are cash flow positive now. Just now, we are building

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Roundtable Recap: February 23 – Spotlight on Brazil

Posted on Thursday, Feb 23rd 2017

During this week’s roundtable, Sergio Furio, Founder and CEO of Creditas, was our guest from Brazil. Sergio is building a FinTech company that has just closed its $19.5 Million Series B. The conversation was a great deep dive into the Brazilian entrepreneurial eco-system. Apni Dukaan As for the pitches, Gaurav Mittal from Kharar, Inida, pitched

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