Thursday, September 5 – 455th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 455th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, September 5, 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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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Tim Broom, CEO of ITProTV (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You have 100,000 users and 50,000 paying subscribers. What is the size of the IT learner market? What percentage of that is learning on your platform in this mode? Tim Broom: That’s the great news of this business. About $50 billion a year is spent in the learning space. Pluralsight does $400 million

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Deepen Parikh of Courtside Ventures (Part 4)

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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Tim Broom, CEO of ITProTV (Part 1)

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Deepen Parikh of Courtside Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: I have a few questions. As you correctly laid out, a lot of the sports ventures are essentially media and entertainment ventures. It’s basically performance media that monetizes. What is the product for this company that people are subscribing to? Deepen Parikh: It’s written content. As a sports fan of a team, you’re

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Deepen Parikh of Courtside Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How big is Courtside Ventures? Deepen Parikh: Our first fund is $35 million. We were scrambling non-stop. It was just me and my partner. Our job is to find the best entrepreneurs, companies, and ideas across our main verticals. As a first-time fund, it was about building relationships with other VCs, sports leagues,

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