Thursday, November 5 – 508th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 508th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, November 5, 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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Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to $10 Million from Atlanta: Field Pros Direct CEO Matt Anderson (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You took a two-step journey into entrepreneurship. You did something that was slightly lower risk. Somebody else gave you clients and profit-sharing but without equity. But you were preparing to go into the full entrepreneurship model.  By the time you were ready to leave, did you have something worked out in your mind

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Big Box Stores vs. Amazon

Despite the current global lockdown and weak economic conditions, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) continued to deliver on all fronts. The pandemic conditions are accelerating growth not only in the cloud business but even in the eCommerce segment.

Bootstrapping with a Paycheck and Scaling in Coimbatore: Kovai CEO Saravana Kumar (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Before you continue, talk to me about the first five customers while you were still at Fidelity. How did you find them? Who were they? What kind of deal sizes did you have?  Saravana Kumar: Since 2004, I have been writing blogs – technology articles about BizTalk Server. I was always passionate about

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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?

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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Clouds Stocks: Atlassian Fortifies its PaaS Ecosystem

Atlassian, a strong PaaS player and among our list of the Top 20 Cloud Stocks for 2020, recently reported results of a strong quarter that beat estimates. It also announced the launch of a new venture fund that will further strengthen its ecosystem strategy.

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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