Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Houston: Onit CEO Eric Elfman (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: You did a private equity deal in 2018 with the $16 million trajectory? Eric Elfman: Yes. We did that deal in November of 2018. We were at about $14 million when they closed, but we had a clear sight to $16 million by the end of the year. 

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Stripe Wants to Delay its IPO

At the start of the year, analysts expected Stripe, the online payment processing service provider, to go public. Stripe, however, had denied any such plans despite continuing to add to its leadership portfolio. Given the current conditions though, that IPO listing may not be happening soon.

October 1 – 503rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 503rd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 1, 2020, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 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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Entrepreneurship in Heavy-Duty Technology: Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s talk about how you got the company off the ground. What were the first few steps? What was the concept, genesis, and the concept of validation?  Yuval Rooz: Not only was this a very nascent technology, but it was also associated with cryptocurrency and Blockchain. There was also some negativity in the

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping a Marketplace from Brazil

Diego Gomes, CEO of Rock Content, has built a terrific content marketing company from Brazil. He bootstrapped first, raised money later, and has recently acquired a sizable US company to scale. Excellent story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Tell me about your background. Where are you from? Where were you raised?

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502nd Roundtable Recording on September 24, 2020: With Roman Kikta, Mobility Ventures

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 502nd 1Mby1M Roundtable September 24, 2020: With Roman Kikta, Mobility Ventures

Roundtable Recap: September 24 – Dynamic Startup Discussions

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Roman Kikta, Managing Partner and Founder, Mobility Ventures. Roman discussed his firm’s investment thesis. MysteryMonks As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Aditya Vikram from New Delhi, India, pitching MysteryMonks, a video production service that has nuances of a marketplace, but is a managed service.

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Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Houston: Onit CEO Eric Elfman (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: You went straight to legal again? Eric Elfman: It was about who we knew. Not only did we go back to legal but we also ended up configuring a solution for the same problem that our first company addressed. We realized that despite our last company being one of the dominant players in

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