Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship: Ephesoft Founder Ike Kavas (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Ike has bootstrapped Ephesoft and turned a relatively small $3.2 million investment into $12 million in 2016 revenue. Excellent execution. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of

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What is the Difference Between Business Model and Exit Strategy?

Watch this 41 second cartoon video. A Business Model is how you monetize your value proposition. Exit Strategy is how investors (including founders) monetize their shares.

Navigating Through Multiple Pivots: Convercent CEO Patrick Quinlan (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  You learn from successes. You learn a lot more from mistakes and failures. Patrick freely discusses various missteps in his journey and how he managed to pivot out of various corners. Excellent discussion. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are

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Catching Up On Readings: US Mobile Apps 2017

This feature from TechCrunch covers the highlights of comScore’s newly released report on US Mobile Apps. It says that about 57% of consumers’ time on digital media is spent on apps. However, only 49% download more than one new app in a month. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

August 31 – 365th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 365th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, August 31, 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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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Chris Astle, CEO of QSR (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s do a couple more use cases and then I’ll ask you other questions. Chris Astle: Other use cases would be from an academic perspective. Our software is used extensively by individuals in terms of their own research and development work. We’re looking at areas of pulling information together from multiple sources whether

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364th Roundtable Recording on August 24, 2017: With Greg Besner, CultureIQ

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

Building a Fast-growth SaaS HR Technology Company: Justworks CEO Isaac Oates (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What did you learn about the target customer segment? You said you started catering to tech startups. Where was the business coming from as you grew? What were you learning about customer acquisition? Isaac Oates: There are some really big things that we learned. One is that it’s really hard to control when

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