Thursday, May 28 – 487th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 487th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, May 28, 2020, 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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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Garrett Goldberg of Bee Partners (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What geography do you cover? Garrett Goldberg: North America. We’re in San Francisco but we’re generally agnostic. We’re certainly agnostic but it’s important for us to be here. This is the center of gravity for now just in terms of processing opportunities. 

From a Security VAR to a $10 Million ARR SaaS Product Business: Andrew Plato, CEO of Anitian (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You were doing service contracts basically? Andrew Plato: Yes. I did technical writing. I did a little bit of software development and website design. In 1999, I switched my company and became a security service provider. I was reselling other people’s security tech.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Garrett Goldberg of Bee Partners (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 Garrett Goldberg was recorded in April 2020. Garrett Goldberg, Partner at Bee Partners, discusses his firm’s enterprise focused investment thesis, including some unique insights on SaaS-powered vertical marketplaces.

From a Security VAR to a $10 Million ARR SaaS Product Business: Andrew Plato, CEO of Anitian (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. We’re big fans of unfair advantage derived out of deep domain knowledge. Read how Andrew played his. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

Catching Up On Readings: Collaboration of Humans and Robots

This feature from The New York Times argues for an approach towards automation where humans and machines collaborate rather than replace humans. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Blueshift CEO Manyam Mallela (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: I could say that you are selling your technology. It’s a rich set of capabilities for the larger companies to personalize their marketing. As a small company, I don’t have that option. I would like similar kind of rich capabilities for the smaller business in a way that is web self-service and doesn’t

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486th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Tony Olivito, Comeback Capital

Tony Olivito, Partner at Comeback Capital, discusses his firm’s Midwest focused investment thesis.