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Roundtable Recap: April 23 – Discussion on Vertical Marketplaces

Posted on Friday, Apr 24th 2020

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Garrett Goldberg, Partner at Bee Partners. Garrett discussed his firm’s enterprise focused investment thesis, including some unique insights on SaaS-powered vertical marketplaces. The Steel Store As for entrepreneur pitches, Rajat Jain from Toronto, Canada, pitched The Steel Store, a steel marketplace. Kids Dance Revolution Next, we

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Best of Bootstrapping: From Laid-off Engineer to Successful Startup CEO

Posted on Friday, Apr 24th 2020

Michelle Munson was CEO and Co-founder of Aspera, a company she began after being laid off. Aspera was her realization that she could not only control her own career path but also create jobs for other people in a culture she established. This story is great inspiration for the thousands who have been let go

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Rendezvous Online Recording: March 3, 2020

Posted on Thursday, Apr 23rd 2020

Some audience questions answered by Sramana: • What are the best examples of companies that have succeeded using the “Freemium” business model? • What businesses lend themselves best to a freemium pricing model? • How do founders cope with anxiety and fear? • What are some self-study resources for learning to build a startup? •

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482nd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Apr 23rd 2020

482nd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M Today’s 482nd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, April 23, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. PASSWORD: startup All are welcome!

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Bootstrapping to Exit: Imagine Easy Solutions CEO Neal Taparia (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Apr 23rd 2020

Sramana Mitra: Why don’t we step through the journey.  Neal Taparia: When we started working on it full-time, I had mentioned that we benefited from a lot of organic growth. What was really interesting is as we focused on it full-time, we were able to understand all these ways to increase ad revenue.

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482nd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Apr 23rd 2020

Today’s 482nd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, April 23 at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. PASSWORD: startup All are welcome!

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Rendezvous Online Recording: February 18, 2020

Posted on Wednesday, Apr 22nd 2020

Some audience questions answered by Sramana: • If there are so many problems with capitalism, do you still believe in it? • What is a reasonable framework for capitalism 2.0? Rendezvous Online with Sramana Mitra 2.18.20

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Bootstrapping to Exit: Imagine Easy Solutions CEO Neal Taparia (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Apr 22nd 2020

Sramana Mitra: A couple of metrics before we go on to the post-Lehman story. What kind of revenues were you making in college? What kind of revenues were you making from the company while you were working at Lehman? Neal Taparia: In college, we were probably making around $30,000 a year. It was nothing crazy.

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