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Roundtable Recap: July 9 – Debt Financing Options for Bootstrapped Startups

Posted on Friday, Jul 10th 2020

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Joe Silver, CFO at Lighter Capital. Joe discussed his firm’s debt-financing model for startups. Vision PhoneAs for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Sourav Sanyal from Bangalore, India, pitching Vision Phone, a lower cost, feature-rich smartphone for the Indian market. KawemiValleyNext, Adetola Asa from Ile-Ife, Nigeria,

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Building a High Impact Social Enterprise over 20+ Years: Roberto Milk, CEO of NOVICA (Part 3)

Posted on Friday, Jul 10th 2020

Sramana Mitra: It was going to be an artisan marketplace, right? Roberto Milk: That’s right. We were leaving these corporate positions for that. Sramana Mitra: How did you get your first set of artisans to come on board and start selling on the site?

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493rd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Jul 9th 2020

Today’s 493rd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, July 9, 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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From eBay Seller to Software Entrepreneur: Seller Labs CEO Paul Johnson (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Jul 9th 2020

Paul Johnson: We built our own software to manage everything. We built a smaller version of Amazon’s software where we would bring in inventory, sticker it, and then shelve it. We built software that would list that stuff. We had two divisions. One was books and the other was everything else. We sold about a

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493rd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Jul 9th 2020

Today’s 493rd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, July 9 at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click

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Thursday, July 9 – 493rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Thursday, Jul 9th 2020

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 493rd FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, July 9, 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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Rendezvous Online Recording: July 7, 2020

Posted on Thursday, Jul 9th 2020

Sharing insights and answering questions from entrepreneurs about building successful startups. Some audience questions answered by Sramana: – Do you have startup ideas for the post-covid world that would address the issues of isolation and loneliness? – What are some eCommerce startup ideas? – What questions should entrepreneurs ask their mentors? – How can entrepreneurs

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Building a High Impact Social Enterprise over 20+ Years: Roberto Milk, CEO of NOVICA (Part 2)

Posted on Thursday, Jul 9th 2020

Sramana Mitra: What did you do during those four years? Roberto Milk: I was working 100-hour weeks.  Sramana Mitra: You were doing this full-time before launching the site? Roberto Milk: I was learning as much as I could. I speak with entrepreneurs a lot and just try to think about how to codify this. First

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