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Thanksgiving Meditations: Fire

Posted on Friday, Nov 22nd 2019

This has been a year full of curve balls. On the afternoon of April 2, I was getting ready to head out of the house to a meeting at Facebook. My husband, Dominique, had already left for a meeting at Morgan Stanley. I was upstairs. The fire alarm went off. I thought to myself, “Another

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November 27 – 467th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Friday, Nov 22nd 2019

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 467th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Wednesday, November 27, 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

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Bootstrapping a Tech Company by an English Major: Kevin Groome, Founder of Pica9 (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Nov 22nd 2019

Sramana Mitra: How many clients did you have in 2007? Kevin Groome: Brands under management were 40. Billing relationships were probably 15. Sramana Mitra: What kind of revenue level were you at? Kevin Groome: We were at around $1.6 million in subscription revenue. We used to call ourselves an ASP.

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Roundtable Recap: November 21 – A Superb Discussion on Artificial Intelligence

Posted on Thursday, Nov 21st 2019

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Arijit Sengupta, Founder and CEO at Aible. Previously, Arijit founded another AI startup, BeyondCore, which was acquired by Salesforce.com. This was an excellent discussion, and I urge you to check it out. Ederlabs As for the pitches, up first, we had Sharat Satyanarayana from Bangalore, India,

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Bootstraps First to $5M ARR, Raises $10M Later: Toucan Toco CEO Charles Miglietti (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Nov 21st 2019

Sramana Mitra: What else is interesting in your strategy? Charles Miglietti: What we are building right now. We are building a series of ready-to-use applications that will be plugged into existing systems. As we provide the very top layer of the visualization, we can build business applications that rely on any existing ERP or any

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466th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Nov 21st 2019

Today’s 466th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, November 21, 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!

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466th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Nov 21st 2019

Today’s 466th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, November 21 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!

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Bootstrapping a Tech Company by an English Major: Kevin Groome, Founder of Pica9 (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Nov 21st 2019

Sramana Mitra: How big was that deal with Marriott? Kevin Groome: At that time, not that big. It was less than $100,000 a year. They are now our largest client. They spent probably $30 million with us. Sramana Mitra: $100,000 for a small company year-over-year is not a small amount of money.

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