Sramana Mitra: Tell me about the timeline. How long did it take you to experiment enough to arrive at this stable conclusion that you could get a virtual assistant? John Jonas: I don’t know if there was a timeline of when I realized it. The whole thing was just a leap of faith. I didn’t
During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Alok Nandan of Emergent Ventures. We had an interesting conversation about explainable AI in the context of his fund’s investment focus. Wishbook Also, Arvind Saraf from Surat, India, pitched Wishbook, a marketplace for the fashion vertical in India. The sector is largely unorganized with hundreds of
John Jonas: I was getting good at SEO. I built this website. A week later, I made $50 in one day. I remember jumping around the house. I had this tiny 2-bedroom house. It was 900 square feet. I was jumping around the house with my wife because we made $50. I built more of
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Today’s 458th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, September 26, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!
Enterprise cloud computing player Nutanix (Nasdaq: NTNX) has had a roller coaster year so far. The stock has lost nearly 40% in value since the start of the year. It has been transitioning to a subscription-based model, but the path has not been easy. The recently reported quarterly results surpassed market expectations and helped the
Sramana Mitra: I have a slightly different question based on all the things that we just talked about. What is the penetration of the kind of data normalization and cleansing work that you’re providing? What percentage of hospitals or payers are adopting the kind of middleware that you are offering to provide cleansed and normalized
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. John has built an online job portal specifically focused on the Philippines. Very interesting story of how one entrepreneur has held steady his priorities and built a terrific lifestyle business! Kudos! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from?