Building an Analytics Company to $10M+ in Revenue: Mode Analytics CEO Derek Steer (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: The methodology that we follow is, bootstrap first to raise money later. Get to validation and then raise money, partly because this option of raising money remains only if you can raise friends and family money somehow. For the numbers that we work with, most people don’t have those options. That’s why, pragmatically, it’s

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Startup Resources for Indian Entrepreneurs

We help Indian entrepreneurs build tech businesses. Some are based in India. Others are all over the world. Some market their products in India. Others, globally. Neither needs to necessarily move to Silicon Valley. They save capital by building from their location, where resources are more affordable. Those who want to raise money in Silicon

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Expensify CEO David Barrett (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let me address the points that you have made. The first point is that one of the most successful ecosystems where 30% of the apps revenue has gone to the company and has immensely added to the company’s success is Apple. It’s a platform ecosystem.  David Barrett: I completely agree with you if you

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Building an Analytics Company to $10M+ in Revenue: Mode Analytics CEO Derek Steer (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the beginning. How did you start? What was the first product? What customer did you go after? Talk about your entrepreneur journey. Derek Steer: The first thing we did was our first mistake. We knew what the product should look like for companies to use themselves. We had a good

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Thursday, October 22 – 506th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 506th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 22, 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: Expensify CEO David Barrett (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What has changed in the market in the last six years? What are the big trends that are affecting your business? David Barrett: I would say the collapse of the conference industry. For a while, there were accounting conferences where everyone would show up and pitch, but all that fell apart.

Building an Analytics Company to $10M+ in Revenue: Mode Analytics CEO Derek Steer (Part 2)

Derek Steer: I worked in the analytics team under Pete who was an absolutely fantastic leader. He taught me a lot about businesses, how to operate within businesses, and think analytically about advancing businesses. He also ended up connecting me with the people who I eventually would start Mode with.

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Expensify CEO David Barrett (Part 1)

I first interviewed Dave in 2014. I suggest you read that interview first before reading this one. This discussion is a terrific back and forth on a wide-ranging set of topics, including FinTech. Very, very interesting!