Thought Leaders in Online Education: Stephen Spahn, Dwight Schools Group (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Where do you see white spaces? I’ll give you an example. One of the things we’re learning in this COVID world is that at the elementary school level, distance learning is performing poorly. Clearly that is something that needs work. It needs to be thought through. The other thing that I’m observing is

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Joshua Posamentier of Congruent Ventures (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 Joshua Posamentier was recorded in April 2020. Joshua Posamentier is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Congruent Ventures, a firm focused on sustainability-oriented technology ventures.

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrap First, Then Scale with VC Funds

Faction CEO Luke Norris has executed a tremendously effective Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later strategy from Colorado. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Luke Norris: I was born in Nevada.  Sramana Mitra: What’s your background vis-a-vis

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489th Roundtable Recording on June 11, 2020: With Vincent Diallo, Interlace Ventures

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 489th 1Mby1M Roundtable June 11, 2020: With Vincent Diallo, Interlace Ventures

Thought Leaders in Online Education: Stephen Spahn, Dwight Schools Group (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What is the level of adoption and penetration into this particular marketplace? How big is the market? How many kinds in that age group are there in America? What percentage of that have you been able to crack? Stephen Spahn: What you really have is quite a large market which would include students

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Roundtable Recap: June 11 – Spotlight on Retail Tech

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Vincent Diallo, Managing Partner at Interlace Ventures, a fund focused on Retail Tech. Yotta SecureAs for entrepreneur pitches, first up was Sunil Ravipati from Santa Clara, California, pitch Yotta Secure, a Healthcare IT venture. Hodi HodiNext Demba Sow from Alsace, France, pitched Hodi Hodi, a language

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June 18 – 490th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 490th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, June 18, 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 Nick Adams of Differential Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: I’ve been in this industry for a long time, and I’ve seen a few cycles. When we see discontinuities, every VC firm goes through a process of considering that discontinuity and developing a thesis around what kinds of companies should be doing well in this environment. We just discussed one of your companies

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