1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Anirudh Suri of India Internet Fund (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What about unicorn mania? I know India went completely crazy with unicorn mania for a while. Are you seeing a slowdown in unicorn mania? As a seed investor, how do you prevent yourselves from getting buried under later-stage liquidation preferences? What practices are you deploying to prevent such unappetizing outcomes? Anirudh Suri: Unicorn

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Roundtable Recap: February 1 – A View into Pre-Seed Funding with Gaurav Jain of Afore Capital

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Gaurav Jain, Managing Partner at Afore Capital, a firm focused on pre-seed investments. It’s an excellent conversation for entrepreneurs looking for insights into pre-seed. Bodhi Academy As for the entrepreneur pitch, Vadiraj Katti from San Jose, California, Bodhi Academy, a concept focused on improving financial literacy

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Leveraging Domain Knowledge and Network: Ari Paparo, CEO of Beeswax (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You moved on from there to work for Google? Ari Paparo: Yes, they kept almost everyone. Now it’s a powerhouse in advertising. A lot of Google’s success outside of search really belongs to DoubleClick. Sramana Mitra: Your career at DoubleClick was in product management? Ari Paparo: Yes, I was the Director of Product

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384th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 384th FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, February 1, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

384th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 384th FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, February 1, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

9 Seed Investor Podcasts, Each Focusing On Different Types Of Startups

There are hundreds of seed investors actively looking for startups to invest in right now, but the types of businesses they are looking for are as varied as each individual investor. To give entrepreneurs the opportunity to hear directly from a wide variety of investors what interests them and the types of startups they focus

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$200 Million in Revenue Catering to the Bottom of the Pyramid: Issa Asad, CEO of Q Link Wireless (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: In 2007, you started this affiliate network. How long did it take you to arrive at that inflection point where you figured out that Beauty was the category that you wanted to focus on? Issa Asad: It took almost two years. Sramana Mitra: That’s not unusual though. It takes time to experiment. Issa

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383rd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Rajeev Madhavan, Clear Ventures

Rajeev Madhavan, Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures, 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.