Colors: Forest Fire, Miniature II

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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Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship to $30 Million from India: Ankit Oberoi, CEO of AdPushup (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Did you bring in not just Google’s ad server but also other vertical ad servers? Were you also running an auction on your end across all those different ad networks? Ankit Oberoi: Not only did we bring in those ad networks but we also brought in those ad networks on different ad demands

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Best of Bootstrapping: Lawline CEO Bootstraps to $10M

Wonderful story of how Lawline CEO David Schnurman, an online education entrepreneur,  worked through plateaus and scaled his business over the last 15 years. 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? David Schnurman: I’m from Brooklyn,

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Robert Weber of Great North Labs (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: A couple of questions emerge from what you have said. I’ll ask them in sequence. What is the current dynamics of companies building out of Minnesota? You talked about Zencoder which started in Minnesota. Did they move to Silicon Valley or did they continue to operate from Wisconsin?  Robert Weber: Initially, Zencoder maintained

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January 7 – 514th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 514th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, January 7, 2021, 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: Analysis of ZoomInfo’s Everstring Acquisition

Go-To-Market intelligence provider ZoomInfo (Nasdaq: ZI) had listed earlier this year. Despite the current global conditions, the organization has been investing in acquisitions of other smaller companies to add AI and Machine Learning capabilities to its portfolio.

Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship to $30 Million from India: Ankit Oberoi, CEO of AdPushup (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: How did you course correct from there? Ankit Oberoi: It took much longer than we anticipated. We had to first understand the fundamentals. We spent six months doing that. We didn’t shut down the business. We had started making $50,000 to $60,000 a month.

Roundtable Recap: December 17 – Spotlight on the Indian Startup Ecosystem

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Sasha Mirchandani, Founder and Managing Director, Kae Capital, an early stage fund focused on India. I’ve known Sasha for over a decade, and we discussed the evolution of the Indian startup industry at length. Predicate Group As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Joe Ko,

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