Colors: Sunset on the White Cliffs of Bonifacio

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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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shripriya Mahesh at Spero Ventures (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: We have a series that we do on our blog called Death by Overfunding. We have case studies after case studies of companies that had no business going out of business but went out of business for absolutely the wrong reasons. One of my saddest case studies is this eBay seller who did

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping with Services to $20 Million

VisiQuate CEO Brian Robertson is a serial bootstrapper. In fact, he always bootstraps using services. Terrific entrepreneur to learn from. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have? Brian Robertson: I’m from Northern California. We’re not

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December 3 – 511th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 511th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, December 3, 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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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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Cloud Stocks: Five9 Focuses on AI-based Contact Centers

According to a Market Data Forecast report published earlier this year, the global cloud-based contact center market is estimated to grow at 26% CAGR to reach $31.25 billion by 2025. Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN), a leading provider of cloud software for contact centers, recently announced its quarterly results that surpassed market expectations.

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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