Cloud Stocks: The PaaS Landscape

At the end of 2019, I had published Cloud Stocks: Top 20 for 2020 with a summary of which SaaS companies are succeeding on the basis of a strong PaaS strategy, AI, and robust developer ecosystems. I now want to focus on how the PaaS landscape is evolving: who are the established giants, the top mature players, the promising

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Startup Ideas for the Post Covid World: Managing Philanthropy

In a world economy devastated by Covid, threatened by climate change, ravaged by simultaneous natural disasters like tropical cyclone Amphan, the need for philanthropy has never been higher. This is also a world in which at least a quarter million people have a net worth above $25 million. At least 50,000 people have a net

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Splitit CEO Brad Paterson (Part 1)

Brad discusses FinTech in the context of high ticket e-commerce. Sramana Mitra: Let’s introduce our audience to you as well as Splitit.  Brad Paterson: We are a global installment payment company. We are the only installment payment company that allows consumers with a credit card to split a payment into installments and pay over time.

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Hit by Covid in New York: Pulsd CEO Mareza Larizadeh (Part 1)

Covid has come as a nightmare for many entrepreneurs. Here’s a story of one in New York, coping with the perfect storm of being in the epicenter of the pandemic and in the hospitality business, the worst hit sector of the economy. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start from the very beginning of your journey. Where are

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Catching Up On Readings: Women in LatAm FinTech Revolution

This feature from CrunchBase News by Elizabeth Acuña Rivera and Greg Mitchell looks at how women are leading the FinTech revolution in Latin America. Over 35% of Latin American FinTech startups have female founders. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Deborah Quazzo of GSV Ventures (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: I have been covering online education from a journalistic point of view for a long time. You must have heard this expression, sage-on-stage to guide-on-side, where the teacher was asking people to go and look at YouTube videos or Khan Academy videos and then coming and doing exercise in class.

497th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Mike Edelhart, Social Starts, Joyance Partners

Mike Edelhart, Managing Partner at Social Starts and Joyance Partners, shares some fascinating developments from their portfolio, especially a healthcare startup that is thriving in the Covid-era.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Deborah Quazzo of GSV Ventures (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: That’s the conversation I had with Andrew in the context of Course Hero. He was trying to figure out a strategy for leveraging that trend of the celebrity teacher or the superstar teacher as you called – leveraging expertise, creating, and giving people a platform to teach on the Course Hero platform by

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