508th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Keith Bank, KB Partners

Keith Bank is Founder CEO at KB Partners, a venture firm focused on sports technology.

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Rollercoaster on a Bike: Zagster CEO Tim Ericson (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What kind of average deal size were you experiencing? Tim Ericson: On the campus and city fronts, it was anywhere from $50,000 to $300,000. In later stages, we were doing $500,000. We also had some smaller deals like $20,000 apartment complexes, but again they had parent companies that were buying it for multiple

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Cloud Stocks: Akamai Investing in 5G Security Solutions

According to a recent Research and Markets report, the global 5G security market is expected to grow to $6.5 billion by 2025. Infrastructure security will be the fastest growing segment and will grow to $2.6 billion by 2025. Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), is realizing the importance of the market and is investing in partnerships and acquisitions

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Bootstrapping with Services to $20M: Visiquate CEO Brian Robertson (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Talk a little more about the evolution of MedeFinance in its software format. You were starting with the $4 million to $5 million revenue base and some of those clients transferred on to the software business. What was the business model? What was the average deal size? What kind of business did it

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Rollercoaster on a Bike: Zagster CEO Tim Ericson (Part 3)

Tim Ericson: We were working with Irvine branches of JLL and CBRE and rolling out much broadly through their portfolio versus looking at each individual property.  Sramana Mitra: Talk to me about your go-to market strategy. It sounds like in the beginning it was people coming to you and it was a bit random. At

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Thursday, November 12 – 509th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 509th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, November 12, 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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Cloud Stocks: HubSpot Rethinks Pricing Model to Support Businesses

Inbound marketing specialist HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) recently reported its third quarter results that continued to surpass market expectations. Besides product enhancements, HubSpot has been revamping its pricing model to make its offering more attractive to customers, especially during current uncertain times.

Bootstrapping with Services to $20M: VisiQuate CEO Brian Robertson (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What geography was that? Where were you based and where were you doing all of this? Brian Robertson: I was based in Northern California. Most of my clients were from the West Coast. I was doing work for folks in Seattle, Oregon through Providence Health System.