Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Gina Taylor Cotter, SVP & GM, Global Commercial Financing, American Express (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: The data you draw off is limited to just your ecosystem. Gina Taylor Cotter: That’s correct. If you want to talk about the merchant financing product that has been in the market since 2011, we do have an application process where were gather some of that additional information. The reason being that we

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January 31 – Rendezvous with Sramana Mitra in Menlo Park, CA

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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Roundtable Recap: January 25 – The Series A Gap is Widening

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Rajeev Madhavan, Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures. Rajeev was first a highly successful serial entrepreneur, and brings to the VC game an entrepreneur’s view of the world. Rajeev highlighted the Series A gap in a big way. CreepBeep As for the pitches, Pavan Nandan

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Vinny Lingham of NewTown Partners (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What about strategic? What role do you see Naspers playing? Naspers has played a big role in exits in India. What is their position in Africa? Vinny Lingham: Naspers is a really good investment house. They’re really good at later stage and not early stage. Sramana Mitra: They’re good at exits.

Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum On The Startups Investors Invest In

To help entrepreneurs to learn which qualities VCs and seed investors are looking for in the startups they will invest in, we have asked a variety of investors to share their specific perspectives as part of our Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum. Naturally, different investors have different interests. As we teach within our virtual accelerator, an

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Yanev Suissa of SineWave Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Which is why I’m probing you on this topic. Yanev Suissa: My experience with NEA is that they are a great investor at the seed stage. There’s typically a partner or a principal level person who sponsors the seed stage deal. That partner or principal-level person will still be active.

383rd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 383rd FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, January 25, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

383rd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 383rd FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, January 25, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!