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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Alok Nandan of Emergent Ventures (Part 4)

Posted on Sunday, Nov 10th 2019

Sramana Mitra: FinTech is a segment where there aren’t a lot of humans in the loop. One of the great benefits that AI is delivering within FinTech is pre-approved loans within 30 seconds. Alok Nandan: You’re absolutely right. If it falls within a certain range, then it will automatically get approved. Humans may only get

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Alok Nandan of Emergent Ventures (Part 2)

Posted on Saturday, Nov 9th 2019

Sramana Mitra: How do you define seed in your world view? I’m sure you’re watching this trend out there. The seed has fragmented. It’s pre-seed, seed, post-seed, pre-Series A, small Series A, large Series A. Where in that continuum have you positioned yourself? Alok Nandan: You’re absolutely right. There’s a lot of noise around what

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Alok Nandan of Emergent Ventures (Part 3)

Posted on Saturday, Nov 9th 2019

Sramana Mitra: Talk a bit about trends. If you look at the last 18 months of your deal flow, what are you spotting? Alok Nandan: One of the big trends is AI. The next trend is around the explainability or accountability of AI. How do you make sure that the machine learning models are explainable

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Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Siemplify CEO Amos Stern (Part 3)

Posted on Saturday, Nov 9th 2019

Sramana Mitra: What else do you want to discuss that I have not asked you? Amos Stern: We can talk a little bit about the type of customers that would use a system like that. It’s interesting because we have two types of customers. If you look at the different types of companies that exist

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Colors: Fall Snow, New England

Posted on Saturday, Nov 9th 2019

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – a painting, a poem, a piece

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Best of Bootstrapping: Capital Efficient Entrepreneurs Turn $1M into $80M

Posted on Friday, Nov 8th 2019

Jeff Wilkins, CEO of Motili, has turned $1 million of personal investment, along with his co-founder, into $80 million in revenue. Pretty capital-efficient, this entrepreneur’s journey! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with where your story begins. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Jeff Wilkins: I grew on the

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November 14 – 465th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Friday, Nov 8th 2019

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 465th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, November 14, 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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Roundtable Recap: November 7 – An Excellent Discussion on AgTech Startups in Latin America

Posted on Friday, Nov 8th 2019

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Francisco Jardim, Founding Partner, SP Ventures, a Brazilian firm focused on AgTech in Latin America. We learnt a lot about what’s happening in the sector and the region. Logicus eMobility As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Saurabh Acharya from Bangalore, India, pitch Logicus eMobility,

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