1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Francis Simisim of Original Pitch Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How does the Filipino ecosystem interface with the rest of the Southeast Asian ecosystem? Where are the partnerships that you’re seeing? Francis Simisim: Philippines is an island on its own. It’s somewhat purgatory. We are raising smaller money than a regional VC’s ticket size. If they raise locally, it’s a big round and

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Mark Geene, CEO of Cloud Elements (Part 1)

The Cloud Integration space has already seen multi-billion dollar acquisitions. Mark talks about what his company is doing differently. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as Cloud Elements. Mark Geene: I’m the Co-Founder and CEO of Cloud Elements. Cloud Elements is an API integration platform that is a connectivity

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Francis Simisim of Original Pitch Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What is an example of a local problem that is non-copycat? We have a term for that. We use a more elegant term for that. We call it concept arbitrage. I’ve been extensively involved in the Indian startup ecosystem. I always encourage concept arbitrage because it’s a very good way for entrepreneurs to

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Thursday, August 1 – 452nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 452nd FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, August 1, 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 Healthcare IT: David Weingard, CEO of Cecelia Health (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Can you elaborate on the business? I still don’t have a granular sense of what it is that you’re doing. David Weingard: Every day, we get feeds electronically from a client. Those feeds of patient information come into our technology system and get distributed out to our expert clinicians across the country who

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