1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Francis Simisim of Original Pitch Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How does the Filipino ecosystem interface with the rest of the Southeast Asian ecosystem? Where are the partnerships that you’re seeing? Francis Simisim: Philippines is an island on its own. It’s somewhat purgatory. We are raising smaller money than a regional VC’s ticket size. If they raise locally, it’s a big round and

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Mark Geene, CEO of Cloud Elements (Part 1)

The Cloud Integration space has already seen multi-billion dollar acquisitions. Mark talks about what his company is doing differently. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as Cloud Elements. Mark Geene: I’m the Co-Founder and CEO of Cloud Elements. Cloud Elements is an API integration platform that is a connectivity

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Francis Simisim of Original Pitch Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What is an example of a local problem that is non-copycat? We have a term for that. We use a more elegant term for that. We call it concept arbitrage. I’ve been extensively involved in the Indian startup ecosystem. I always encourage concept arbitrage because it’s a very good way for entrepreneurs to

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Thursday, August 1 – 452nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 452nd FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, August 1, 2019, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/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

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: David Weingard, CEO of Cecelia Health (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Can you elaborate on the business? I still don’t have a granular sense of what it is that you’re doing. David Weingard: Every day, we get feeds electronically from a client. Those feeds of patient information come into our technology system and get distributed out to our expert clinicians across the country who

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Francis Simisim of Original Pitch 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 Francis Simisim was recorded in June 2019. Francis Simisim is Partner at Original Pitch Venture Capital based in the Philippines. We had a very good discussion on how that ecosystem is developing.

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: David Weingard, CEO of Cecelia Health (Part 1)

David and I talk about diabetes management in this conversation. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Cecelia Health. David Weingard: I’m the Founder and CEO of Cecelia Health. We’re an organization that improves the health of people with diabetes and other chronic conditions by leveraging experts and

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Catching Up On Readings: Softbank Vision Fund 2

This feature from TechCrunch covers the new Softbank Vision Fund that will focus on AI-based technology. Worth about $108 billion, the LPs include Apple, Foxconn, and Microsoft. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.