445th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Deepen Parikh, Courtside Ventures

Deepen Parikh is Partner at Courtside Ventures, a firm focused on investing in sports related ventures. He provides a fascinating window into a little discussed sector.

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June 12 – Rendezvous Meetup Discussing How to Bootstrap First and Raise Money Later

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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444th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Hernan Fernandez, Angel Ventures Mexico

Hernan Fernandez is Managing Partner at Angel Ventures Mexico, a firm that invests in Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia. This is an excellent discussion on trends in Latin America.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Bill Bice of Verge Fund (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s do some examples from your investment portfolio. What have you invested in? What are the highlights of your portfolio? As you describe them, what state did you encounter these companies in? What attracted you to them? Bill Bice: Let’s start with Intellicyt that I just mentioned. It was a pre-revenue, pre-LLC company.

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443rd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Eghosa Omoigui, EchoVC Partners

Eghosa Omoigui is Managing Partner at EchoVC Partners, a firm focused on the African market. This is a fascinating discussion about African startups and venture capital.

Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Ethan McAfee, CEO of Amify (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: From a macro perspective, what’s happening? Is the industry seeing a tremendous shift from Shopify to Amazon? Ethan McAfee: Market share of Amazon has been growing. Right now, Amazon has over 50% online commerce. Amazon’s market share growth is coming from two eBay and Walmart. I think they’re also taking market share from

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Bill Bice of Verge Fund (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s take SaaS for a moment. If you were to look at a SaaS company, what would you look for? Would you look for MRR metrics? Would you look for just a proof, just a minimum viable product? What is your comfort zone to get into a company? Bill Bice: I’m often working

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Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Ethan McAfee, CEO of Amify (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What about other channels like eBay? Ethan McAfee: We’ve always focused on the Amazon channel because Amazon is 12 times the size of Walmart and Jet combined. A lot of the products on eBay are oftentimes used or collectible products. It’s not as much new products. The main issue with eBay is, it’s

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