1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shripriya Mahesh, Founding Partner at Spero Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Do you want to do another one?  Shripriya Mahesh: One of our most recent investments is a company called Mati. They allow identity verification. Filip is the founder. He has been an immigrant for a long part of his life. He grew up in Europe. When he was a child, he wandered off

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Bootstrapping an E-Commerce Startup from Utah: KURU CEO Bret Rasmussen (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: The product mix is still shoes, right? Because you understand that your customer has foot pain, you are still addressing that customer with just shoes and not any other kind of product.  Bret Rasmussen: Largely yes. We do have some socks that have some compression technology in them to help support the foot.

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Roundtable Recap: November 19 – Seed Funding for B-to-C Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Vishesh Rajaram, Managing Partner, Speciale Invest, who discussed his fund’s investment thesis. AYA AsYouAre As for entrepreneur pitches, we had Sunali Aggarwal from Chandigarh, India, pitch AYA AsYouAre, a matchmaking site for LGBT in India. This discussion would be useful for any entrepreneur considering funding for

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510th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 510th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, November 19, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shripriya Mahesh, Founding Partner at Spero Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: You want to give another example? Shripriya Mahesh: Sure. Another example is a company called Core, which is a meditation company. We invested in Core at their seed round. They hadn’t launched as well, so it was based on a pre-product market fit.

510th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 510th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, November 19 at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

506th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Jeff Grobaski, Epic River

Jeff Grobaski, CEO of Epic River, talks about an important piece of innovation that has the potential to relieve the financial pain of many consumers who suffer under the weight of high health insurance deductibles.

Bootstrapping an E-Commerce Startup from Utah: KURU CEO Bret Rasmussen (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What did you learn by way of customer acquisition channels? Which ones were producing against this strategy? Bret Rasmussen: Search engine was very effective. We could solve a real problem that customers have, so the search engine is a great place when you know what you want. For example, you want shoes for

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