Thursday, June 13 – 446th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 446th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, June 13, 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 E-Commerce: Ethan McAfee, CEO of Amify (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How big a role does the backend fulfillment play in this particular case study that we are discussing. Does Amazon fulfillment also kick in gear in this kind of a situation? Ethan McAfee: To be successful in selling online or on Amazon, you really need to use what’s called Fulfillment by Amazon, which

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Bill Bice of Verge Fund (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Bill Bice was recorded in April 2019. Bill Bice, Partner at Verge Fund, discusses New Mexico’s startup ecosystem and his fund’s activities in that region. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by getting acquainted

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BlackBuck in High Gear in Indian Logistics

According to IBEF, the Indian logistics sector is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8%-10% from $160 billion to $215 billion by 2020. Benguluru-based BlackBuck is a logistics startup that is looking to modernize logistics and make it as simple as hailing an Uber.

Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Ethan McAfee, CEO of Amify (Part 1)

E-commerce strategy for small merchants is becoming quite complicated with Amazon becoming a giant player in the space. This interview cuts through a lot of that complexity. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Amify. Ethan McAfee: I’m the Co-Founder and CEO of Amify. We help brands maximize

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Catching Up On Readings: VivaTech TC Hackathon 2019

This feature from TechCrunch covers the winner and runners-up of the Hackathon held at VivaTech in Paris last month. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Bootstrapping From a Small Town in Denmark to $12 Million: Sebastian Petersen, CEO of TrendHim (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: I’ll tell you one thing though. You made this comment that outsourcing is bullshit. That’s absolutely false. There are a lot of ways of succeeding. You have succeeded in one way. There are a lot of other people who have succeeded in other ways. We have case studies of virtual companies with 140

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Taking a Capital Efficient Company Public and Beyond: Medidata CEO Tarek Sherif (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: I remember we talked about it a little bit the last time we spoke. So Veeva has its eyes obviously on the clinical data management space. They have one big customer this year. I think that’s their first big pharmaceutical customer. Can you analyze that deal for us? Tarek Sherif: I can’t analyze

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