Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping to Y Combinator and $10 Million Series A

UpKeep Maintenance Management CEO Ryan Chan took a hobby project that he bootstrapped with a paycheck and managed to get into Y Combinator. From there, he raised a $10 million Series A from a top-tier Silicon Valley firm, Emergence Capital. Excellent execution thus far. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start from the very beginning of your journey.

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Roundtable Recap: November 27 – Fundamentals-Focused Venture Capital

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners. Nexus is a fundamentals focused firm that aligns with the 1Mby1M philosophy. Jishnu took us through several examples of how the firm is thinking about investing in startups. Excellent conversation. Boozimba Up first, we had Shubhojyoti Ganguly from

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Politics at Dinner Parties in 2020

We have a lot of dinner parties.  Our circle of friends is quite broad and all political views are represented in our midst. Far right. Far left. And everything in between.  Diversity of political views, it seems, is a difficult dynamic to manage in social groups. We’ve experienced people leaving the table upset, even storming

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467th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 467th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Wednesday, November 27, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Literati Reading List

In 2016, I started a literary group focused on serious literary works. Here is the list of books for our Caravanserai Literati.

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2019: LeanDNA, Austin, TX

LeanDNA builds software used by factories across the globe. With a deep focus on making inventory analytics automated, actionable, and collaborative, LeanDNA enables manufacturers to optimize inventory, avoid shortages, and stay on-time with customers. The LeanDNA platform promotes visibility and standardization across systems, suppliers and sites, unlocking working capital for the business.

Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Bridge Connector CEO David Wenger (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Outside of Salesforce, what else is popular in your ecosystem? David Wenger: We see a lot in the medical device space, durable medical equipment, home health & hospice, and post acute care.

Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Talha Sattar, CEO of NimbleRx (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What is the business model for you? Are you on a marketplace commission business model? Talha Sattar: We have a few different revenue streams. One is, we charge service fees or convenience fees. The average consumer might pay somewhere between $2 and $5 per transaction. That’s one revenue model we have.