Bootstrapping to Exit: TimeSlips CEO Mitch Russo (Part 2)

Mitch Russo: As soon as I had the idea that I wanted to start my own company, I really started thinking about it. I would open up The New York Times every Friday and look at the opportunities section to see if there were companies I could invest in or buy. Opportunities started to show

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217th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Rami Elkhatib, Acero Capital

Rami Elkhatib, General Partner at Acero Capital, talks about his investments in companies that require a longer development cycle. As you know, 1Mby1M often uses Bootstrapping with Services as a core methodology to scale companies to fundability. Rami actually loves to invest in such businesses, listen on.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Stewart Alsop of Alsop Louie Partners (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Stewart Alsop was recorded in May 2016.  Stewart Alsop, Partner at Alsop Louie Partners, has been a VC for 20 years, and before that, a journalist for another 20 years in the technology industry.

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Solo Entrepreneur, Bootstrapping with a Paycheck and a Virtual Company: Cedric Savarese, CEO of FormAssembly (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Cedric’s story is a textbook case study of the kind of entrepreneur we want to see emerge and grow in every corner of the world: a solo entrepreneur who is a developer and a product guy capable of getting to validation while holding onto a day

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216th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Rajul Garg, Leo Capital

Rajul Garg, Head of Investments at Leo Capital, discusses the Indian startup eco-system and his fund’s investment focus.

Bootstrapping to Exit: TimeSlips CEO Mitch Russo (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Mitch tells the story of how he built TimeSlips and sold it to Sage. Very entertaining as well as instructive. 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?

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Catching Up On Readings: Decline in Smartphone Sales

This report from Gartner looks at the worldwide smartphone sales. For the first time, smartphone sales during the fourth quarter declined by 5.6% due to a lack of quality “ultra-low-cost” smartphones and longer replacement cycles. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Swati Chaturvedi of Propel(x) Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Tell us about the types of ideas your investors are looking for. Swati Chaturvedi: There is a big trend of combining hardware with software. Robotics is another trend. What is specific to Propel(x) is, we do need some specific innovation. Sramana Mitra: When it comes to IT and specific innovation, there are niche

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