#MeToo: I Come From a LONG Heritage of Chauvinism

Today, the #MeToo thread has started to spread all over social media. I want to point you to an article I wrote for women entrepreneurs on how to deal with sexual advances from VCs some time back. As an attractive woman in the male dominated technology industry, I have dealt with my share of sexual

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Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Protagonist CEO Doug Randall (Part 1)

This is a fascinating window into how AI analyzes narratives to aid marketing and other functions. Read on for more! Sramana Mitra: Let’s get started. Why don’t we start with having you introduce yourself as well as Protagonist to our audience. Doug Randall: I’m the CEO and Founder of Protagonist. We’re a company that helps

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What Are Seed Investors Looking For With Swati Chaturvedi

We’re doing a deep dive into the current seed investment eco-system and talking to our investor friends about what they’re looking for. Here, you can hear the perspective of Swati Chaturvedi of Propel(x), a B-to-B angel network: Come talk to me to brainstorm, strategize, weigh your funding options.

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Hakan Nordfjell, Senior VP of eBanking and eCommerce at Gemalto (Part 1)

In this wide-ranging discussion, perhaps the most thought-provoking question is the one about data and who owns it. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by having you introduce yourself as well as Gemalto to our audience. Hakan Nordfjell: I’m responsible for the Digital Banking segment within Gemalto. Gemalto is a digital security company based in Amsterdam.

Catching Up On Readings: 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics

This feature from the New York Times provides a glimpse into the work of Professor Richard Thaler, this year’s winner of Nobel Prize in Economics. He is an author of a best-selling book Nudge and has done pioneering work in establishing that people are predictably irrational. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship: Don Mal, CEO of Vena Solutions (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: By the time you raised Series A, you already had $20 million in revenue? Don Mal: Yes. Sramana Mitra: Can you discuss what kind of equity cap table did you raise that money on? We have a very big philosophy in our program where if you operate tightly with small amounts of capital,

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Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship: Don Mal, CEO of Vena Solutions (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Excel has huge training out there. People know how to use Excel. From a user adoption point of view, Excel-based interface would have a much bigger adoption. Don Mal: My favorite line is that only Facebook has as many users. Sramana Mitra: How much money did you raise? Don Mal: We raised $1.3

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371st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Sunil Bhargava, Tandem Capital

Sunil Bhargava, Founder and Managing Partner, Tandem Capital, helped us explore the difference of post-seed versus pre-Series A financing.