Learning From Mistakes: Roy Peleg, CEO of FirstImpression.io (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Where I would really understand the difference is if you can tell me what you were able to do in terms of CPMs. I’ve had a blog for 10 years, so I know exactly how blog advertising and ad networks have evolved. The CPMs are real shit. If you tell me that what

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Building Multiple Bootstrapped Education Software Companies: Lane Rankin, CEO of Illuminate Education (Part 1)

Lane was first a teacher, then a school and school district administrator. His background is not of a typical tech entrepreneur. However, his deep domain knowledge and relationships in the education field have propelled him to become a very successful EdTech entrepreneur. Great story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your entrepreneurial

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Roundtable Recap: February 9 – Understand Your Unit Economics

During this week’s roundtable, we worked with two entrepreneurs and looked at some videos that generated further discussions and Q&A. CoolGrad.com Vinaya Kurpad, pitching from San Jose, CA, CoolGrad.com, presented a video-based college selection feedback site. Vinaya has some early metrics of user engagement around about 400 videos. She needs to validate the unit economic

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Learning From Mistakes: Roy Peleg, CEO of FirstImpression.io (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What year are we in now? Roy Peleg: Around 2012. Sramana Mitra: What happens in 2012? Roy Peleg: I left the previous startup and came up with the idea for my current company, FirstImpression.io. What actually happened is that I decided to completely quit my day job. I did some consulting along the way, but

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339th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 339th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, February 9, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

339th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 339th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, February 9, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Scaling an Energy Management Venture: Martin Manniche, CEO of Greenwave Systems (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: What is the business today? Of all these different strategies, which one is generating the maximum revenue? Martin Manniche: The biggest is Telco. It’s the fastest growing segment for us. As I said, it has really taken the company to the next step. We’re around 300 employee worldwide. Out of them, 220 are engineers.

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Learning From Mistakes: Roy Peleg, CEO of FirstImpression.io (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: It is very difficult to make a success of those kinds of businesses. As you may have been following what’s happening in the online media industry, most of the companies are failing in that space. Roy Peleg: You’re correct. I would say that revenue was secondary. There were hardly any independent computer websites back

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