456th Roundtable Recording on September 12, 2019

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Gautam Sivakumar, CEO of Medisas (Part 1)

Hospital workflows are inefficient. Gautam discusses the evolution and the promise to address the issues. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Medisas. Gautam Sivakumar: I am a doctor by training. I went into Medicine for the same reasons that, hopefully, most people are going into medicine and

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Bootstrapping First from Colorado, Then Scaling with VC Funds: Faction CEO Luke Norris (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Luke has executed a tremendously effective Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later strategy with Faction. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Luke Norris: I was born in

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Catching Up On Readings: VC Outcomes

This feature from Medium analyzes the exits of venture funded companies over the past decade and concludes that only 4% of them gave a return of over 10X. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rahul Chandra of Unitary Helion Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Do you want to talk about a couple of companies that you’ve invested in that you are particularly excited about? What are they doing? What value proposition are they providing? What are they experiencing in penetrating the market? Rahul Chandra: We are saving some of the new names from Unitary for a formal

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rahul Chandra of Unitary Helion Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Geographically, are we talking about non-major metros now? Rahul Chandra: We are talking about the next 50 towns and cities. Especially if you travel there, you see the change happening. There is certainly a need to change the mindset of a VC while thinking about customers in these parts.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rahul Chandra of Unitary Helion Ventures (Part 2)

Rahul Chandra: Our thesis, of course, changed in 2011 but it was multi-faceted. We were investing more similarly to a Silicon Valley fund which is consumer enterprise and consumer internet specifically. These are fairly broad terms. Since you know both sides very well, you know that the depth you can get to in a particular

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September 19 – 457th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 457th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/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

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