How an IT Services Startup Wants to Disrupt Itself in the AI Era: Sanjay Jupudi, CEO of Qentelli (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  AI will disrupt outsourcing services companies in a very big way. We talk to Sanjay on how he plans to prepare. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to the very beginning of your personal journey. Tell me where you’re from, where were you born, raised, and in

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Spotlight on Entrepreneurship in Arizona

We have done several spotlight posts on entrepreneurship in different parts of the world: Colorado, Utah, Czech Republic, Florida, Illinois. Today, we will look at Arizona’s entrepreneurship eco-system. What I love about Arizona’s eco-system is that the entrepreneurs have a strong tradition of bootstrapping.

Catching Up On Readings: 100 Notable Books of 2018

Hope all of you had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend! This feature from The New York Times compiles this year’s notable fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Hiring for Innovation? Where do people “who have done it before” best fit in?

By Guest Author Marylene Delbourg-Delphis In her new book, Everybody Wants to Love Their Job: Rebuilding Trust and Culture, Marylene Delbourg-Delphis draws from her extensive experience as a serial CEO, executive consultant, and board member to assesses the cons and pros of hiring people who “have done it before.” Clichés have an advantage: they are self-explanatory.

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424th Roundtable Recording on November 20, 2018: With Sara Sutton, FlexJobs

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Dafina Toncheva of US Venture Partners (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: If you start with the intent of doing that, that addresses some of those issues. My last question is, you have talked about Checkpoint at the beginning. Checkpoint is a relatively older investment of USVP. How about newer investments? What are you really proud of and why? What is it about those companies

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Dafina Toncheva of US Venture Partners (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: You invest in both healthcare IT and cybersecurity and your partners invest more in the life sciences angle of it. Dafina Toncheva: Correct. I actually invest in cybersecurity and enterprise applications, mostly business process automation for various verticals. Sramana Mitra: I know everybody is talking about AI and Blockchain. If you look at

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423rd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Krishna Srinivasan, LiveOak Venture Partners

Krishna Srinivasan is Founding General Partner at LiveOak Venture Partners, a firm focused on investing in Texas. Great conversation!