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From eBay Seller to Software Entrepreneur: Seller Labs CEO Paul Johnson (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Jul 9th 2020

Paul Johnson: We built our own software to manage everything. We built a smaller version of Amazon’s software where we would bring in inventory, sticker it, and then shelve it. We built software that would list that stuff. We had two divisions. One was books and the other was everything else. We sold about a

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493rd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Jul 9th 2020

Today’s 493rd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, July 9 at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click

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Thursday, July 9 – 493rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Thursday, Jul 9th 2020

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 493rd FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, July 9, 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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Rendezvous Online Recording: July 7, 2020

Posted on Thursday, Jul 9th 2020

Sharing insights and answering questions from entrepreneurs about building successful startups. Some audience questions answered by Sramana: – Do you have startup ideas for the post-covid world that would address the issues of isolation and loneliness? – What are some eCommerce startup ideas? – What questions should entrepreneurs ask their mentors? – How can entrepreneurs

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Building a High Impact Social Enterprise over 20+ Years: Roberto Milk, CEO of NOVICA (Part 2)

Posted on Thursday, Jul 9th 2020

Sramana Mitra: What did you do during those four years? Roberto Milk: I was working 100-hour weeks.  Sramana Mitra: You were doing this full-time before launching the site? Roberto Milk: I was learning as much as I could. I speak with entrepreneurs a lot and just try to think about how to codify this. First

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From eBay Seller to Software Entrepreneur: Seller Labs CEO Paul Johnson (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Jul 8th 2020

Sramana Mitra: You shut down that business? Paul Johnson: We did. We sold all the inventory that we had and cashed out. I met up with a business partner and went for the most peculiar e-commerce business anybody has ever done. While we were still operating the guitar store, I was looking for something else.

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Startup Ideas for the Post Covid World: Home-Based Healthcare

Posted on Wednesday, Jul 8th 2020

Certain sectors of industry are facing extraordinary levels of job loss in the post-Covid era. While some of these jobs may come back, it is widely believed that some trends are permanent. The retail sector faces one of the greatest shifts: the move to online shopping seems irreversible. Retail stores and malls are rapidly closing

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Building a High Impact Social Enterprise over 20+ Years: Roberto Milk, CEO of NOVICA (Part 1)

Posted on Wednesday, Jul 8th 2020

Not all high impact businesses need to go from 0 to $100 million in 5 to 7 years.  NOVICA has built a tremendously important, high impact social enterprise that did $30 million in 20 years. It’s a fantastic achievement.

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