Best of Bootstrapping: TimeSlips CEO Mitch Russo Bootstrapped to Exit with Sage

CEO Mitch Russo tells the story of how he built TimeSlips and sold it to Sage. Very entertaining as well as instructive. 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? Mitch Russo: I was born in New York.

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Shopify Goes on the Defensive with Amazon

Ontario-based Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) continues to expand its B2C offerings and is now getting ready to take on Amazon. To drive revenue growth, Shopify is looking to invest heavily in the US fulfillment business – a market currently dominated by Amazon. But that is a highly capital intensive strategy to compete with a giant like Amazon.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sarbvir Singh of WaterBridge Ventures (Part 5)

Sarbvir Singh: We believe that just focusing on size and hungry businesses is not always the right solution. We want to rightsize our fund. There is also the reality of running a fund and there is a cost to it. You have to get both sides right. There are different solutions that people can arrive

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Roundtable Recap: June 27 – Startup Trends Discussion with Nnamdi Okike, 645 Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Nnamdi Okike, Co-founder and Managing Partner at 645 Ventures. Excellent conversation about trends and his firm’s investment thesis. Rigava Solar As for the entrepreneur pitch session, we first had Arun Joshi from Haryana, India, pitch Rigava Solar, a solar systems integration firm. Serve Community Then Matt

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Michael Smerklo of Next Coast Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Very interesting. I would definitely like to learn more about EverlyWell. I’ve seen a company like this – Iris Wellness, which dealt with the issue of the physicians not wanting to process. None of the physicians were equipped to deal with it. I’m very curious about how she is handling the interface with

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448th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 448th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, June 27 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!

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Today’s 448th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, June 27, 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!

Cloud Stocks: GoDaddy is Making Strategic Acquisitions for the Next Level of Growth

The global internet domain name provider GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) recent quarterly results failed to meet market expectations. The stock hasn’t fared well since the result announcement despite the various measures taken by the company to promise growth. Meanwhile, the company continues to add smaller players to its portfolio to expand its service offerings.