1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nate Redmond of Alpha Edison (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What about stage? Are you investing in concept? Are you investing in a little bit of traction? What is comfortable? Nate Redmond: Many investors have been using stage as a segmentation that is reflective in terms of process both in terms of sourcing and understanding of a business. We are early stage investors. By

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Lior Koriat, CEO of Quali (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What are the key trends? You said rightly that it’s a very crowded space. What are the broad overriding trends in the space? Lior Koriat: It’s a good question because you ask yourself that along the way, and you try to understand what would help customers choose you amongst others. What you see

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August 29 – Rendezvous Meetup 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 and 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,

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Friday, August 24 – 411th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 411th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Friday, August 24, 2018, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 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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Bootstrapping a Niche e-Commerce Company to $20 Million: iHeartRaves CEO Brian Lim (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Are there any strategic nuances that you could share of how you were able to do that? Brian Lim: Social media was big here. We were able to broadcast our message to the right folks. We had a good ground game where we were meeting fellow glovers and ravers at these music events.

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Roundtable Recap: August 7 – Trends in Crowdfunding

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Slava Rubin, Founder of Indiegogo.com. Slava walked us through the trends on his crowdfunding platform. EcoEscapade As for pitches, we had Logan Spring from Saratoga Springs, NY, pitching EcoEscapade, an advisory service for living a sustainable lifestyle.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nate Redmond of Alpha Edison (Part 2)

Nate Redmond: Investors including myself sat and looked at the company and didn’t quite understand the size and scope of the opportunity. Being an expert in hospitality didn’t necessarily help you. In fact, it probably created blind spots. The focus for us is really understanding how you can engage a supply base and organize it

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Lior Koriat, CEO of Quali (Part 1)

This discussion delves into the depths of the decade-long evolution of the DevOps space. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well Quali. Lior Koriat: I am the CEO of Quali. Quali is an innovator in the field of Environment-as-a-Service over any cloud infrastructure. I joined the company in 2007 as

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