Colors: Basque Hermitage

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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Best of Bootstrapping: Queue-It Bootstraps from Denmark to the US

Camilla Ley Valentin, Co-Founder of Queue-It, tells a wonderful story of capital-efficient entrepreneurship, including scaling a company born in Denmark that now has 40% of its business in the US. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background?

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Anand Rajaraman of rocketship.vc (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s do one example from your rocketship portfolio that illustrates more of what you’re doing today. Anand Rajaraman: I’ll give you an example from India. We are an investor in Moglix. It’s a company based in Delhi. They are in the B2B e-commerce space.

Roundtable Recap: January 23 – Focus Relentlessly

During this week’s roundtable, I worked with five entrepreneurs. OujaFirst up today was Anandth Shoban from Chennai, India, pitching Ouja,a hyperlocal delivery service. Anandth plans to do other services like taxi,etc. which I discouraged him to get into. One business is hard enough to build. Focus is of paramount importance. ConstructivNext, Thomas Jones from Falmouth,

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Will the Competition Get to Netflix?

Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) recently reported its fourth quarter results that sent the stock falling 4% in the after-hours session. While the company outpaced market expectations on all accounts, it was the outlook that has the market worried. It appears that Netflix may really be facing the heat of competition from Disney+ and others.

469th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 469th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, January 23, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. Password is: startup All are welcome!

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Anand Rajaraman of rocketship.vc (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Did Facebook come to you or did you go to them? Anand Rajaraman: A bit of both. At that point, they already had Peter Thiel’s money. He was the only investor at that time. They had just launched at Harvard and Stanford. Within those universities, we could see the growth. At that time,

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469th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 469th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, January 23 at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. Password is: startup All are welcome!