Best of Bootstrapping: Cinedigm Acquires Bootstrapped 1Mby1M Company Future Today for $60 Million

Exciting news: Future Today, a One Million by One Million (1Mby1M) incubated company, has been acquired by entertainment distributor and digital-network operator Cinedigm for $60 Million. Buy Side The acquisition is seen as evidence of Cinedigm “making a big new leap into online video” according to Variety, with Future Today being an ad-supported VOD network

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Cloud Stocks: Will GoDaddy Follow the PaaS Route?

According to a Market Research Engine report published earlier last year, the global internet domain name system market is expected to grow 13% annually through to 2024. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY), an internet domain marketplace focused on small businesses, professionals, and individuals, recently announced its fourth quarter results that surpassed market expectations.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Yash Hemaraj of Arka Venture Labs (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 Yash Hemaraj was recorded in February 2019. Yash Hemaraj, Founding Partner at Arka Venture Labs and Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), discusses Arka’s recent partnership with 1Mby1M to accelerate Indian B2B

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March 28 – 437th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 437th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/4 p.m. CET/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 questions. Others

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436th Roundtable Recording on March 20, 2019: With Sumant Mandal, March Capital Partners

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nandini Mansinghka of Mumbai Angels Network (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What about sectors? Of course, India has gone through a lot of different cycles already in terms of sector popularity and experiments. So what are your conclusions and investment thesis around sectors at this point? Nandini Mansinghka: That’s a very interesting question. We’ve seen a slight shift in the trend over the years.

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April 3 – Rendezvous Meetup to Discuss Bootstrapping First, Raising 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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Anaplan Shows Beginnings of a PaaS Strategy

Cloud-based enterprise planning services provider Anaplan (NYSE:PLAN) went public in October last year. For the few months that the stock has been listed, it has delivered robust growth. Last month, Anaplan announced its quarterly results that surpassed market expectations and sent the stock soaring.