Catching Up On Readings: Startups Lost in 2020

This feature from TechCrunch commemorates the startups that have closed up shop over the past 12 months. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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Colors: Forest Fire, Miniature III

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and

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Bootstrapping a Technology Product Company from India: Sachin Bhatia, Founder of Ameyo (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: I think the obsession in the US is misplaced. The methodology that we teach is to find the gap. Where is the gap where you can cost-effectively sell and have a good customer acquisition and not mindlessly chase after the US? Sachin Bhatia: One should not believe that success in one market means

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Bootstrapping a Technology Product Company from India: Sachin Bhatia, Founder of Ameyo (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: The thing that strikes me from a methodology point of view is that you didn’t validate the second business. You had validated the first business that was scaling, but you didn’t validate the second business, but you tried to grow it. Sachin Bhatia: Yes, it was too fast. I knew that the product

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Cloud Stocks: New Relic Needs to Accelerate PaaS Strategy

According to a recent report, the global Application Performance Management (APM) industry is expected to grow 11% annually over the next few years to become a $11.2 billion industry by 2027. New Relic (NYSE: NEWR) recently announced its quarterly results that continue to outpace market expectations.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Roman Kikta, Managing Partner at Mobility Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Solutions looking for problems are much harder to get through to scale. I think it’s much better to start by solving a problem and then working out how you are going to market first before building something. That is what we practice here at 1M1M – the need to understand what market you

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Bootstrapping a Technology Product Company from India: Sachin Bhatia, Founder of Ameyo (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What was the average deal size in the enterprise product?  Sachin Bhatia: At the time, it was around $25,000 to $50,000. Today, It’s a much different story. We have micro-segments, large segments, and extra-large segments. The deal size now is from $50,000 to $250,000. Our typical model was after you enter, there’s a

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Rendezvous Online Recording: December 22, 2020

Sharing insights and answering questions from entrepreneurs on building successful startups. Some audience questions answered: – What is the future of the SaaS Industry? – How likely is it that 1000 SaaS companies will successfully transition into PaaS? – What are some of the most successful PaaS ecosystems and marketplaces? – What is Bootstrapping by

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