Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to $10 Million from Atlanta: Field Pros Direct CEO Matt Anderson (Part 1)

We’re big fans of bootstrapping, virtual companies, and domain knowledge. Matt’s story has all those ingredients. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?

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Can You Succeed as a Solopreneur?

Yes. Without a doubt. You ALWAYS start alone. And in these days of virtual companies, you can get lots of help as a solopreneur and get very far in your quest for product-market fit, validation, even traction. You can even Bootstrap with a Paycheck. Can a Solopreneur Raise Funding? You don’t need a full executive

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Bootstrapping with a Paycheck and Scaling in Coimbatore: Kovai CEO Saravana Kumar (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  I love doing stories of entrepreneurs who are long-time readers of the 1Mby1M blog. Saravana is one. A wonderful story of how this entrepreneur is scaling a SaaS company from Coimbatore! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where were you born and

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Catching Up On Readings: Strategic Tech Trends 2021

This report from Gartner analyses the top nine strategic technology trends in 2021 that broadly relate to people centricity, location independence, and resilient delivery. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Stuart Nisbet, Chief Data Scientist, Cadient Talent (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Do you have pointers to open problems and white spaces in this domain? Stuart Nisbet: We started this conversation on what types of data we have as inputs. We find that a great deal of the data or information that is used in the hiring process does not come through the application or

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Best of Bootstrapping: Coalition Technologies Co-founders Bootstrap to $10M

Coalition Technologies is still largely a services company, but also has a few products. Co-founder Jordan Brannon shares the company’s well-managed journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Jordan Brannon: I was born in Sioux Falls,

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Do NOT Dilute Equity Too Soon

At 1Mby1M, we believe that Ownership Matters. Mark Zuckerberg retained 26% equity in Facebook. Zuckerberg’s net worth has crossed $100 billion in 2020. How did Zuckerberg retain 26% equity in Facebook?

Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Cylynt CEO Ted Miracco (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Switching the line of questioning, is there a white space that you can point to? What can you talk about by way of opportunities? Ted Miracco: I think the whole security field has a tremendous amount of white space. The model of having logins, passwords, and credentials is a tremendous white space. There

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