Scaling a Fast Growth, Venture-Funded Company: Rafael Sweary, Co-Founder and President of WalkMe (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What were you going to do with WalkMe? Rafael Sweary: The initial plan was to sell it as a platform for guidance on top of any website. This is how we started. We saw that we had a nice revenue. We were growing, but we weren’t growing fast enough. We launched the product

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Man and Superman: Role of Religion

In order to give focus to some major changes she sees on the horizon, Sramana Mitra has written several pieces that grew out of her original article, Man and Superman: Human History Bifurcates. The previous articles in this series: Two Distinct Species; What CAN Be Controlled?; Rationalizing Populations; How Long Does Democracy Survive?; and The Environmental Time Bomb. Please share

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Master Bootstrapper with a Billion Plus in Exits: Bhavin Turakhia, CEO of Directi and Flock (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What was the first business that you and your brother launched? Bhavin Turakhia: The first one that we launched together was in late 1998. Sramana Mitra: You said you and your brother did all your businesses together? Bhavin Turakhia: Yes. In many ways, that was the genesis. Before that, we were independently doing

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Thursday, April 27 – 350th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 350th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, April 27, 2017, 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. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register

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Scaling a Fast Growth, Venture-Funded Company: Rafael Sweary, Co-Founder and President of WalkMe (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How did you get connected with family offices in the US? Rafael Sweary: I met them while I was studying here in the US. Sramana Mitra: The reason I’m asking you is that it’s an unusual way of financing companies. Family offices tend to not participate in early-stage companies. So, it was basically

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Master Bootstrapper with a Billion Plus in Exits: Bhavin Turakhia, CEO of Directi and Flock (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Bhavin and his brother Divyank have bootstrapped Directi, a portfolio of Internet businesses over the last ~20 years. In 2014, they had their first $160 million exit. In 2016, they had a second $900 million exit. It’s a very interesting story of masterful business acumen and

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Do You HAVE to Raise Venture Capital to Build a Large Company and a Big Fortune?

There’s a GIGANTIC myth in the startup ecosystem. Go BIG Or Go HOME! Raise GOBS of Venture Capital. Otherwise, you can’t build anything big. It’s GIGANTIC Bullshit! Watch this inspiring 2 minute 09 second video and learn how the Turakhia brothers have created over a billion dollars of personal wealth through significant exits without raising

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Scaling a Fast Growth, Venture-Funded Company: Rafael Sweary, Co-Founder and President of WalkMe (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  WalkMe’s vision is to make software understand humans, rather than the other way around. Rafael discusses the growth story of a company that is driving significant innovation in mobile and web user engagement. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where

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