Thursday, January 10 – 427th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 427th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, January 10, 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 questions. Others

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Spencer Crawley of Firstminute Capital (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s talk about your definition of seed. What do you like to invest in stage-wise? I’ll pre-qualify that question by giving you some context. At least in Silicon Valley, seed has fragmented into pre-seed, seed, post-seed, pre-Series A, small Series A, and then the traditional Series A. How does it look like from

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What Innovation Does Reflektive Bring to the Talent Management Space?

According to a recent report, the global talent management software market is estimated to grow 18% annually to $29.7 billion from $7.9 billion in 2017. Talent management software provides HR teams with the ability to control and manage various aspects of HR actions and helps them maintain employees’ details. One such provider is San Francisco-based Reflektive that

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping to an Exit

Over the last decade and more, I’ve had the privilege of working with a large number of bootstrapped entrepreneurs. These include self-financed companies and also modestly capitalized startups that operate in a capital-efficient manner applying the principles of bootstrapping. [You can review my Bootstrapping course on LinkedIn to review these.] For our Seed Capital series

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414th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With George Spencer, Seyen Capital

George Spencer, Senior Managing Director at Seyen Capital, invests in SaaS companies, mostly in the Midwest, from a small fund out of Chicago. The interview contains an excellent discussion on ideal levels of capitalization for good exit prices.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Spencer Crawley of Firstminute Capital (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 Spencer Crawley was recorded in November 2018. Spencer Crawley is Co-Founder of Firstminute Capital, based in London and focused on European startups. Sramana Mitra: Tell us about your firm and yourself.  Spencer

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BigBasket Focusing on the Big Picture

According to Crisil, online grocery in India is expected to grow between 65-70% annually to $1.4 billion by 2020. According to market intelligence provider Kalagato, BigBasket leads the online grocery market with a 35.2% share followed by rival Grofers at 31.5% and AmazonNow at 31.2%.

Catching Up On Readings: Best and Worst Gadgets of 2018

We wish all our readers a very Happy New Year! With CES just round the corner, we bring you this feature from TechCrunch on the Best and Worst Gadgets of 2018. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.