Entrepreneurship in Heavy-Duty Technology: Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz (Part 1)

I always love to cover entrepreneurs who push the envelope on high horsepower technology. Digital Asset has. Fascinating story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?

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Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Houston: Onit CEO Eric Elfman (Part 3)

Eric Elfman: There was a pretty rich population of angels that if you had the patience and time, you could touch.  Sramana Mitra: Were these Houston angels? Eric Elfman: The majority were, but we eventually stretched out to Louisiana, a little bit in California, and even in the UK. It started with people in Houston.

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Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Houston: Onit CEO Eric Elfman (Part 2)

Eric Elfman: The data search idea was to remove the paper invoice system and switch to electronic invoices directly from the law firms and run them against the rules and validate them. The result of that was a 5% to 10% savings on the money they were spending with the law firms just by enforcing

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Thursday, September 24 – 502nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 502nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, September 24, 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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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Marwan Forzley, CEO of Veem (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You have better rates on currency conversion? Double-click down on that for me. Marwan Forzley: If you’re using the bank, you lose 2% to 4% in foreign exchange fees. That’s double our fee, which ranges from 0.5% to 2%. It’s cheaper than what you do today.

Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Houston: Onit CEO Eric Elfman (Part 1)

Eric has built two sizable companies in legal tech from Houston. Great journey! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Marwan Forzley, CEO of Veem (Part 1)

Cross Border B2B payments is still a big opportunity in FinTech. Marwan discusses Veem’s work in this area. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by having you introduce a bit about yourself as well as the company.

Catching Up On Readings: Disrupt 2020

This feature from TechCrunch covers the winner and five finalists of Startup Battlefield in this virtual edition of Disrupt 2020, an annual conference conducted by TechCrunch for startups and investors. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.