December 13 – Next Rendezvous with Sramana Mitra

For entrepreneurs interested to meet and chat with Sramana Mitra in person, please join us for our informal group meetup this month. If you are living in the San Francisco Bay Area or are just in town for a visit, we hope you will add these meetups to your calendar and join us. Pre-registration is required,

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Instaclustr CEO Peter Nichol (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: At the same time, these open source technologies are fairly complex and require external expertise for them to be able to manage them. You are one of the specialized vendors whom they’re reaching out to to get that expertise in? Peter Nichol: I think that’s right. The companies that base their business on

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What Are Traditional VCs Looking For With Scott Sandell, NEA

Traditional VCs now each have very large funds. They need to invest large chunks of money. NEA’s last fund is over $3 billion. They LOVE to invest in Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later scenarios. Here, you can hear the perspective of Scott Sandell, Managing General Partner at NEA, on all that and more: Come talk

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Instaclustr CEO Peter Nichol (Part 1)

Peter provides some excellent insights into open problems around which new entrepreneurs can build companies. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by having you introduce yourself as well as Instaclustr to our audience. Peter Nichol: I’m the CEO of Instaclustr. I’ve been CEO and various other positions in the technology industry for nearly 30 years. I’m based

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Thursday, Dec. 7 – 377th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 377th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, December 7, 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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Catching Up On Readings: Early Stage Funding Slump

This feature from TechCrunch investigates the slump in early stage funding since 2014. The number of VC rounds in technology companies has fallen from 19,000 to 10,000. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.