Bootstrapping Course: What is Bootstrapping?

Bootstrapping means building a business without external financing. See how this differs from businesses funded by investors. If you are enjoying this course, check out 1Mby1M Basic, our curriculum-only option. The 1Mby1M Curriculum has over 1000 case studies of real-life success stories.  If you’re trying to assess why you’re getting rejections, use the 1Mby1M Self-Assessment. We support your fund-raising

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482nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Garrett Goldberg, Bee Partners

Garrett Goldberg, Partner at Bee Partners, discusses his firm’s enterprise focused investment thesis, including some unique insights on SaaS-powered vertical marketplaces.

Bootstrapping Course: About Sramana

Learn about Sramana Mitra’s background: how she founded her first companies and what led her to start her latest company, One Million by One Million (1Mby1M). If you are enjoying this course, check out 1Mby1M Basic, our curriculum-only option. The 1Mby1M Curriculum has over 1000 case studies of real-life success stories.  If you’re trying to

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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Amesite CEO Ann Marie Sastry (Part 1)

Artificial intelligence is applied to EdTech in creative ways. Ann Marie discusses her company’s work in this field. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself and Amesite. Ann Marie Sastry: I’m the CEO and Founder of Amesite. We are an artificial-intelligence-driven designer and platform provider for online learning. We deliver courses, programs,

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Cloud Stocks: Atlassian Gears Up for Growth, Unfazed by Covid-19

Last week, leading enterprise collaboration software provider Atlassian (Nasdaq: TEAM) reported a strong third quarter that beat estimates. Even though the company is likely to see some impact due to the Covid situation, it is determined to leverage its agile, resilient culture to make strategic bets that would position it for long-term growth.

Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to Scale: Lily Stoyanov, CEO of Transformify (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Lily has built a virtual company with zero employees, all freelancers and scaled it without outside financing. Read on for more. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to you. Where are you from? Where did you grow up? Let’s start at the very beginning

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Catching Up On Readings: FinTech Startups

This feature from Crunchbase News looks at the positive impact of Covid-19 on FinTech startups. Companies in the financial services space are not only continuing to hire, but are fundraising and being acquired. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Colors: Basque Hermitage, Cliff II

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and

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