Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Don Mal, CEO of Vena Solutions (Part 1)

Don Mal discusses the trends in budgeting and forecasting software. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by giving our audience a little bit of context. We have talked to you before, so we’ll just link to the previous interview. People can catch-up from there.

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Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship: Glamping Hub CEO Ruben Martinez (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What about number of travelers? Are we looking mostly at couples traveling or are we looking at group travel? Ruben Martinez: Our demographic is between the ages of 25 and 42. There really is something for everybody. We do get a lot of families and couples, and ladies weekend and solo trips. Really

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Catching Up On Readings: Emmy Awards 2019

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Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship: Glamping Hub CEO Ruben Martinez (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What did you see on the horizon that if you could do that, it would move to the next level? Ruben Martinez: Some of the strategy was built around normalizing the word glamping itself. Anytime somebody says glamping, they’re going to list out their thoughts. Their thoughts are probably different from everybody else’s.

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October 2 – Rendezvous Meetup to Discuss How to Compete with Heavily Funded Competitors

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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457th Roundtable Recording on September 19, 2019: With Rodrigo Baer, Redpoint eventures

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Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship: Glamping Hub CEO Ruben Martinez (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What about financing? Did you bootstrap it? How did you get it off the ground? Ruben Martinez: At the very beginning, it was bootstrapped. It took about two years, more or less, before we got our first angel round. We had a small round that allowed us to invest in a little bit

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