May 15 – 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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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shalini Prakash of 500 Startups India (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: People are learning to market better. The packaging in India used to be really shabby. People understand that if you’re trying to position a sophisticated product, it needs to have sophisticated packaging. Frankly, India has such a great tradition of artisans and craftsmanship. There’s no reason why you can’t do phenomenally beautiful packaging

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Cloud Stocks: Qualys Scouting For Acquisitions

With the continuous digital transformation and growing adoption of smart connected devices supported by AI and Machine Learning capabilities, enterprise security systems globally are exposed to vulnerabilities. According to Gartner, enterprise spending on Security Technology is expected to grow to $124 billion this year. A MarketsandMarkets report expects the global cybersecurity market to grow 10%

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Bootstrapping a Niche E-Commerce Company: Modded Euros CEO Sean Dawes (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This conversation is a comprehensive discussion on how to bootstrap a niche e-commerce venture with a lean team and effective use of inventory financing. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in

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Catching Up On Readings: VerveCon 2019

This feature from EETimes covers the highlights of VerveCon, an annual Convention for Enthusiastic Women in technology that was held last week in Santa Clara.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shalini Prakash of 500 Startups India (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Does that mean that you don’t invest in the major metro-oriented, the higher end consumer-oriented businesses, or the global enterprise? Shalini Prakash: Of course, we do. We do everything. Nothing has changed. Most companies that we’re seeing today in the market are mostly focused towards the next 200 or 300 million people. Having

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443rd Roundtable Recording on May 9, 2019: With Eghosa Omoigui, EchoVC Partners

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With David Lambert of Right Side Capital Management (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: You gave a very good and interesting answer to a different question. The question that I was trying to ask you is across the deals that you see, what trends have you seen? David Lambert: The biggest trend is an extension of a trend that we’ve seen the entire time we’ve been investing.

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