Bootstrapping with Services from Michigan: Amjad Hussain, CEO of Algo.ai (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You came to Michigan straightaway? Amjad Hussain: Yes, just because of where I landed my first job. I came to Detroit and I have lived here for 23 years. This is the longest that I have lived in any given place. Sramana Mitra: What job did you come with? Amjad Hussain: Since all

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shuly Galili of UpWest Labs (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: As part of UpWest, is there a panel of CISOs who look at your companies? Shuly Galili: We work with a lot of the industry CISOs locally in Silicon Valley as well as across the US. They’re so entrenched in understanding how to work with both ourselves and other players who have access

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424th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Sara Sutton, FlexJobs

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Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Flavio Gomes, CEO of LogiSense (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: We’ve discussed a lot of the use cases and scenarios on the horizon. Can you talk about what kinds of companies would you build if you were starting a company today? This is to give pointers to our entrepreneurs who are looking for problems to solve. Flavio Gomes: That’s a great question. I

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Bootstrapping with Services from Michigan: Amjad Hussain, CEO of Algo.ai (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  I am always thrilled to see great entrepreneurship in various parts of the world that are off-center. Well, here’s a great one from Detroit. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shuly Galili of UpWest Labs (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: It sounds like you’re mostly doing B2B. Is that a reasonable point? Shuly Galili: I would say that most of our companies are B2B. We do have a few companies that are more on the consumer side, and most recently, in the esports domain. Sramana Mitra: Can you share a little bit about

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Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Flavio Gomes, CEO of LogiSense (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: My mind is running as I’m listening to you. You’re talking about a jet engine being consumed as an opex and not as a capex? Flavio Gomes: That’s correct. Sramana Mitra: Wow! Flavio Gomes: That’s where the future is headed. Anything that is a depreciating asset is going to be shared. Sramana Mitra:

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Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Grant Ingersoll, CTO of Lucidworks (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: As I’m listening to you, I’m trying to answer the same question in this context. As we go along, the notion of composite search becomes critical. Grant Ingersoll: Could you define that a little bit? How are you defining it? Sramana Mitra: Context-specific things that are not just finding the data but really

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