Best of Bootstrapping: Gesture CEO Jim Alvarez Bootstraps to $10 Million

Jim has bootstrapped a $10M company by providing a software solution to the charity auction management problem. Interesting journey. 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? Jim Alvarez: I was born and raised in the south side

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Facebook on Thin Ice with Payment Foray

This week, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) reported a strong quarter that beat analyst estimates. Market has reacted positively to its strong quarter and the recent FTC settlement.

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Feyzi Fatehi, CEO of Corent Technologies (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What are the open problems where you would encourage new entrepreneurs to start companies? Feyzi Fatehi: One question I ask people is, in your opinion, how many open source applications are legitimate and are legitimately accepted by the Fortune 1,000? How many open source solutions are now used in the Fortune 1,000 that

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Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Jimmy Duvall, Chief Product Officer of BigCommerce (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How many developers are developing on your ecosystem? Jimmy Duvall: We have over 300 partners. I can’t necessarily extrapolate that into numbers of developers, but it’s got to be in thousands. We are onboarding everything from design agencies to consultancies like Accenture. Just a quick anecdote, we were in London last week. We

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Roundtable Recap: July 25 – Deep Dive into FinTech Investing

During this week’s roundtable, we had Doug Atkin, Managing Partner at Communitas Capital Partners, as our guest. Doug has extensive experience in FinTech and this conversation explored the nuances of that sector. You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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 Cloud Computing: Feyzi Fatehi, CEO of Corent Technologies (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: I’m still missing what is the delta. Let’s say we’re building on Salesforce’s PaaS. Is that not a complete solution to go online as a SaaS product? Do people still need you to be in the middle of that? Feyzi Fatehi: Salesforce has a specific platform that people develop certain types of applications

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Today’s 451st FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, July 25 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!