1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ravi Mohan of Shasta Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: We focus a lot on that product-market fit process. Our guidance to our entrepreneurs most of the time is to figure out that product-market fit before going out to raise money. The vast majority of the market is in that mode right now. That’s just an aside. In B2B, do you have sweet

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Bootstrapping with Paycheck to $15 Million from Tennessee: Gene Caballero, CEO of GreenPal (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How long did it take you to scrape and convince enough Craigslist lawn mowing people so that you could launch the service? Gene Caballero: It took about three weeks to a month of calling. For vendors, it’s free. There’s not any cost associated. We knew that if we were calling these professionals and

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Spotlight on Entrepreneurship in Colorado

The Economist recently did an article titled Why Startups Are Leaving Silicon Valley. The positive message in the article is that entrepreneurship has now spread around the world. Compelling ventures are getting built everywhere. Today, we put the spotlight on Colorado. First, a look at the Unicorns.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ravi Mohan of Shasta Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Just to complete that configuration question, because of our activities being global, we see companies everywhere. We see companies all over the United States. We companies in Europe. Many of them have aspirations of coming to Silicon Valley and set up their go-to market operation. Maybe they do validation elsewhere, but they go

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Thursday, November 1 – 421st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 421st FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, November 1, 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 with Paycheck to $15 Million from Tennessee: Gene Caballero, CEO of GreenPal (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Did you start this as a bootstrapped company? Gene Caballero: Yes. We aggregated about $100,000 between the co-founders. We blew that by paying a custom shop to build us a website and a couple of apps. After about a year and a half of not getting what we want, they turned over a

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November 7 – Rendezvous Meetup to Discuss How to Bootstrap a Unicorn Startup

For entrepreneurs interested to meet and chat with Sramana Mitra in person, please join us for our bi-monthly 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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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ravi Mohan of Shasta 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 Ravi Mohan was recorded in June 2018. Ravi Mohan is Managing Director at Shasta Ventures, a firm that has invested in three SaaS Unicorns. Ravi discusses these investments: Apptio, Anaplan, and Zuora. Sramana Mitra:

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