1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ho Nam of Altos Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s switch back to our sweet spot which is the early stage venture game. Series A VCs these days are looking for a million dollar annual run rate and 100% growth rate. If you don’t deliver that, you can’t raise Series A except in very rare exceptions where you have a track record.

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205th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Clint Chao, Moment Ventures

Clint Chao, Co-founder and General Partner at Moment Ventures, discusses the vertical niche opportunities in the tech industry.

An Open Letter to ALL Accelerators

Friends, Recently, the NetApp Accelerator granted scholarships to the 1Mby1M Program as an augmentation to their offering. You can find out more about this partnership here. It offers an opportunity for startups to readily access ALL of 1Mby1M’s extensive knowledge base, mentoring support and network in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. I would like to take

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Competing with Blackline: FloQast CEO Mike Whitmire (Part 1)

When Mike started FloQast, no one knew about Blackline or the account reconciliation opportunity. Although Blackline was already a sizable company, it was little-known, bootstrapped, and away from the public eye. Read how FloQast went for the same market, although with a different positioning, and achieved success. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Mark Achler of MATH Venture 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 Mark Achler was recorded in October 2017.  Mark Achler, Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners, discusses their investment strategy and the industry trends. Sramana Mitra: Tell us about MATH Ventures. What is the focus of

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206th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Jeremy Schneider and Jonathan Pines, Webb Investment Network

Jeremy Schneider and Jonathan Pines, both Directors at the Webb Investment Network, discuss their firm’s investment thesis.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ho Nam of Altos Ventures (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 Ho Nam was recorded in April 2016.  Ho Nam, Managing Director at Altos Ventures, makes a clear distinction between capital efficient company building and the “grow at costs in all sorts of unsustainable ways”

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Catching Up On Readings: IPO Rush

This report from Business Insider covers the recent spate in IPO activity from software companies such as Smartsheet, Pivotal, DocuSign, ZScaler, and Zuora. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.