Bootstrapping to $10 Million: Gesture CEO Jim Alvarez (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: It was not e-commerce. You were getting golf clubs made in China and wholesaling them to retailers. Jim Alvarez: Yes, I did have an e-commerce site as well but majority of our business was from wholesaling it to big golf retailers. Sramana Mitra: How long did that go on? Jim Alvarez: I did

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Thursday, November 16 – 376th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 376th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, November 16, 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. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register

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Scaling to Profitability with $20 Million in Venture Capital: CloudShare CEO Zvi Guterman (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: That’s part of an entrepreneur’s life – lots of no’s. Zvi Guterman: Yes. That was my first startup out of Israel. We did a lot of mistakes. One of them was staying in Israel. At least, that was my belief. We were far away from the market. That was one challenge. The second

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Bootstrapping to $10 Million: Gesture CEO Jim Alvarez (Part 1)

Jim has bootstrapped a $10M company by providing a software solution to the charity auction management problem. Interesting journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Jim Alvarez: I was born and raised in the south

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What are Indian VCs Looking For with Naren Gupta, Nexus Ventures

We continue our 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 Naren Gupta of Nexus Venture Partners on Indian startups: Come talk to me to brainstorm, strategize, weigh your funding options.

Scaling to Profitability with $20 Million in Venture Capital: CloudShare CEO Zvi Guterman (Part 1)

Zvi has built a $25M a year in profitable revenue with $20M in venture capital from Sequoia and other investors. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Zvi Guterman: I was born in a small village

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Catching Up On Readings: CCS 2017

This feature from The Register covers the highlights of the study on the root causes of highjacking email accounts presented at the Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) held early this month at Dallas. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Building a Venture-Scale MarTech Company in Silicon Valley: Chaitanya Chandrasekhar, CEO of QuanticMind (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: What was your revenue in 2016 that you raised the $20 million against? Chaitanya Chandrasekhar: Over $10 million in annual recurring. Sramana Mitra: You mentioned something about Argentina. Why Argentina? How did Argentina come into the picture? Chaitanya Chandrasekhar: There are two values that I think helped Quantic Mind. One is persistence. Failure

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