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Scaling a Robust Enterprise Software Company from Chicago: FourKites CEO Matthew Elenjickal (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, May 21st 2019

Sramana Mitra: You said you did the startup right after your MBA. So did you then bootstrap it to launch this? Whom did you launch it with? Matthew Elenjickal: I started the MBA program fully aware that I wanted to start a company. I was laying the foundation, if you will, when I was doing

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Hemant Mohapatra of Lightspeed Ventures (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, May 21st 2019

Sramana Mitra: So, it’s a $175 million fund. What stage? Is there a comfort zone in terms of investing? Hemant Mohapatra: We come in early. We love series A and seed. Those are the two stages that are the most common. Last year, half of our investments were seed. Our check sizes range from $1

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Thursday, May 23 – 445th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Tuesday, May 21st 2019

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 445th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, May 23, 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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Scaling a Robust Enterprise Software Company from Chicago: FourKites CEO Matthew Elenjickal (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, May 20th 2019

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This is a terrific case study of smart execution on a complex domain by an entrepreneurial team. Read on ! Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background?

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441st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Jose Deustua, UTEC Ventures

Posted on Monday, May 20th 2019

Jose Deustua, Managing Director at UTEC Ventures, talks about Peru’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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444th Roundtable Recording On May 16, 2016: With Hernan Fernandez, Angel Ventures Mexico

Posted on Monday, May 20th 2019

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Hemant Mohapatra of Lightspeed Ventures (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, May 20th 2019

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Hemant Mohapatra was recorded in March 2019. Hemant Mohapatra, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, India, talks about some of the large, open opportunities in the Indian market that are of interest to

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Catching Up On Readings: War on Fake News

Posted on Sunday, May 19th 2019

This feature from CNN looks at how Finland is dealing with fake news and is increasing media literacy and critical thinking in educational institutes. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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