Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: LED Light Expert CEO Dara Greaney (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What do you do on the cash flow management side? Dara Greaney: We finance a lot of it ourselves. We use a third-party company called Resolve. It’s a spin-off of a popular payment platform for B2C. People like the idea of not having to take the risk online. For larger companies, we do

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Osayi Igharo at Ripple Venture Capital (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Osayi Igharo was recorded in January 2020. Osayi Igharo, Managing Partner at Ripple Venture Capital discusses startups

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Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: LED Light Expert CEO Dara Greaney (Part 1)

Dara spoke with us some years back on his previous venture. This time, he has switched from B2C to B2B and brings insights on the nuances of that sector. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to the new company that you’re doing.

Catching Up On Readings: Pandemic Preparation

This feature from Gartner looks at the 10 pillars of pandemic preparation as the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak cripples normal functioning at workplaces. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Uppler CEO Grégoire Chauvin (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: In a way, you’re doing PaaS, but I’m talking about something that’s slightly different. For example, Shopify is doing a very good job of this. They have a core e-commerce platform. They’ve opened that up for developers to add to additional apps. They have an app marketplace built on their platform. That is

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Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Uppler CEO Grégoire Chauvin (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Put in perspective what’s happening in the set of companies like Shopify and BigCommerce that enable individual e-commerce sites. They seem to be doing very well, which means their merchants are doing well. Grégoire Chauvin: Every brand needs to have its own website. It’s a must have. Maybe you will spend less marketing

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476th Roundtable Recording on March 12, 2020: With Matt Carbonara, Citi Ventures

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 476th 1Mby1M Roundtable March 12, 2020: With Matt Carbonara, Citi Ventures

Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Uppler CEO Grégoire Chauvin (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Are your clients mostly in France or are they elsewhere as well? Grégoire Chauvin: Half of our clients would be in the US and half in Western Europe.  Sramana Mitra: Can you talk a bit about where you’re seeing adoption? What industry by geography? Is the food and beverage trend global or specific

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