Rendezvous Online Recording: October 20, 2020

Sharing insights and answering questions from entrepreneurs on building successful startups. Some audience questions answered: – Should I quit my job prior to trying to raise a round of funding? – What stage do most investors want companies to be at before they invest? – Why do large companies like to buy bootstrapped startups? –

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Rendezvous Online Recording: October 13, 2020

Some audience questions answered by Sramana: – What kind of team do you need to raise money? – How can we increase our odds of getting into Y Combinator? – What are some cases where founders preserved equity ruthlessly? – How can I get feedback from you on my venture? Rendezvous Online with Sramana Mitra

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506th Roundtable Recording on October 22, 2020

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 506th1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs October 22, 2020

Colors: Monsoon in Goa, Palacio

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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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Expensify CEO David Barrett (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: From a strategic planning point of view, you have to look at where you are, where your market is, where the competition is, and figure out the priorities and market drivers. It’s true that everything works and everything doesn’t; but you have to make choices and decisions, and those other factors drive decision

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Building an Analytics Company to $10M+ in Revenue: Mode Analytics CEO Derek Steer (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What happens next? Derek Steer: When you raise money from a venture firm, you show them an optimistic projection of the business and then you are expected to hit it. I remember the key moments clearly but the day-to-day memory of May 2015 is lost. If I sum it up into what happens

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Best of Bootstrapping: EdTech Unicorn Bootstrapped First from Canada

D2L CEO John Baker shares a terrific story of bootstrapped entrepreneurship in EdTech. The company also has a great PaaS strategy. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? John Baker: I’m based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. I

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Startup Resources for Entrepreneurs

We help entrepreneurs build tech businesses. They are based all over the world. None of them need to necessarily move to Silicon Valley. They save capital by building from their location where resources are more affordable. Those who want to raise money in Silicon Valley can get help to do so. Please check our Investor

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