1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Spencer Crawley of Firstminute Capital (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s talk about your definition of seed. What do you like to invest in stage-wise? I’ll pre-qualify that question by giving you some context. At least in Silicon Valley, seed has fragmented into pre-seed, seed, post-seed, pre-Series A, small Series A, and then the traditional Series A. How does it look like from

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping to an Exit

Over the last decade and more, I’ve had the privilege of working with a large number of bootstrapped entrepreneurs. These include self-financed companies and also modestly capitalized startups that operate in a capital-efficient manner applying the principles of bootstrapping. [You can review my Bootstrapping course on LinkedIn to review these.] For our Seed Capital series

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414th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With George Spencer, Seyen Capital

George Spencer, Senior Managing Director at Seyen Capital, invests in SaaS companies, mostly in the Midwest, from a small fund out of Chicago. The interview contains an excellent discussion on ideal levels of capitalization for good exit prices.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Spencer Crawley of Firstminute Capital (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 Spencer Crawley was recorded in November 2018. Spencer Crawley is Co-Founder of Firstminute Capital, based in London and focused on European startups. Sramana Mitra: Tell us about your firm and yourself.  Spencer

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Catching Up On Readings: Best and Worst Gadgets of 2018

We wish all our readers a very Happy New Year! With CES just round the corner, we bring you this feature from TechCrunch on the Best and Worst Gadgets of 2018. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nihal Mehta of ENIAC Ventures (Part 5)

Nihal Mehta: We like un-sexy industries. I’m looking at a construction company that’s storing construction history on the Blockchain. When people say they’re using Blockchain, more often than not, you can say, “You probably don’t need to use Blockchain for this.” There are some really interesting native use cases of Blockchain that we’re excited to

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nihal Mehta of ENIAC Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Based on what you said, I want to provide some commentary to our audience about the team issue. You hear me talking about multiple co-founders and he’s talking about a full-stack team. Those two are mutually dependent. You can only have a full-stack team if you have multiple co-founders. If you have to

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January 10 – 427th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 427th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, January 10, 2019, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 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

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