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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Amir Banifatemi of K5 Ventures (Part 2)

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 3rd 2018

Sramana Mitra: Well, I think what you’re seeing around the world is a lot of concept arbitrage; concepts that have been tried in different places are being applied to different markets.  Then you have big categories like cyber security that have been very active fund draws for a very long time, so there’re a very

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Genesis to Acquisition: Mike Morris, CEO of Topcoder (Part 2)

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 3rd 2018

Sramana Mitra: Where does that bring us up to, timeline-wise? Mike Morris: That brings us up to 2001. That’s when the next major shift in my career happened. That was the time where we had gone through our first year after the acquisition. The economy wasn’t fantastic, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. I moved back

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Wed. Jan. 3 – Rendezvous with Sramana Mitra in Menlo Park, CA

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 2nd 2018

For entrepreneurs interested to meet and chat with Sramana Mitra in person, please join us for our weekly informal group meetups. 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, REGISTER

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Amir Banifatemi of K5 Ventures (Part 1)

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 2nd 2018

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Amir Banifatemi was recorded in October 2017. Amir Banifatemi is the Founder and Managing Partner of K5 Ventures, a fund focused on pre-seed,

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Thursday, January 4 – 380th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 2nd 2018

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 380th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, January 4, 2018, 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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Genesis to Acquisition: Mike Morris, CEO of Topcoder (Part 1)

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 2nd 2018

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Mike founded Topcoder, then left and joined Appirio. Appirio acquired Topcoder. Wipro then acquired both Appirio and Topcoder. Very interesting storyline. 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

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The Future of Silicon Valley

Posted on Monday, Jan 1st 2018

We saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi last week. It feels dated. All these alternate realities are essentially religious stories, which is why they’ve achieved cult status. I love Harry Potter. Some love Lord of the Rings. All good vs. evil stories in epic style. I’m in the mood for post-religious stories. The world isn’t black and white. It’s full

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