Roundtable Recap: December 17 – Spotlight on the Indian Startup Ecosystem

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Sasha Mirchandani, Founder and Managing Director, Kae Capital, an early stage fund focused on India. I’ve known Sasha for over a decade, and we discussed the evolution of the Indian startup industry at length. Predicate Group As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Joe Ko,

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513th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 513th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, December 17, 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 Robert Weber of Great North Labs (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What is the situation in the Minneapolis area for the kind of companies that you are looking for? What is the scale of the deal flow? How active are the entrepreneurs? Robert Weber: I would imagine that Twin Cities is like many cities in the world. They have a corporate mindset. We have the

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Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship to $30 Million from India: Ankit Oberoi, CEO of AdPushup (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What happens with the AdPushup business?  Ankit Oberoi: We just found a new office. Everybody is excited. Those four or five people who were working in a small room in the other company finally realized that what we have built is becoming a company. We got a new office. We got a lot

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Robert Weber of Great North Labs (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 Robert Weber was recorded in September 2020. Robert Weber is Managing Partner at Great North Labs located in Minneapolis.

Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship to $30 Million from India: Ankit Oberoi, CEO of AdPushup (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How do you anticipate that? How do you know what to show whom? Ankit Oberoi: That’s a data problem. We capture 30 plus parameters from the user, then create buckets where you can put analytical logins that can predict or help you decide which variation will do better.

Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship to $30 Million from India: Ankit Oberoi, CEO of AdPushup (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Whom did you sell that business to? Ankit Oberoi: This was a hosting company. It was just a customer and it wasn’t a fancy transaction by any means. I just sold off all my customers to another hosting company in the US. It was not a big transaction by any means.

Thursday, December 17 – 513th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 513th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 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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