Catching Up On Readings: FinTech Startups

This feature from Crunchbase News looks at the positive impact of Covid-19 on FinTech startups. Companies in the financial services space are not only continuing to hire, but are fundraising and being acquired. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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Rendezvous Online Recording: April 28, 2020

Some audience questions answered by Sramana: – What would be some of the challenges in post Covid-19 quarantine, and what businesses would most likely succeed in that altered environment? – What could tech entrepreneurs read during the quarantine? – What are the best bootstrapping techniques? – Who is still listening to entrepreneur pitches during the

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483rd Roundtable Recording on April 30, 2020: With Nick Adams, Differential Ventures

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 483rd 1Mby1M Roundtable April 30, 2020: With Nick Adams, Differential Ventures

Best of Bootstrapping: Imagine Easy Solutions CEO Bootstraps to Exit

We’re big fans of bootstrapping to exit case studies. Imagine Easy Solutions CEO Neal Taparia’s journey is a wonderful one. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Neal Taparia: I was born in the suburbs of Chicago.

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May 7 – 484th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 484th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, May 7, 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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Roundtable Recap: April 30 – Counter-cyclical Ventures in this Covid-19 World

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Nick Adams, Managing Partner and Co-founder at Differential Ventures, an enterprise focused firm. We discussed counter-cyclical ventures in this Covid-19 world. Menerva SoftwareAs for entrepreneur pitches, Geetha Ramaswamy from Chicago, Illinois, pitched Menerva Software, a software services company that is bootstrapping towards a product. C-Way Electric

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ritesh Agarwal of CerraCap Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What is the go-to market strategy of the diagnostic product? Ritesh Agarwal: They’re mostly in B2C. They’re selling the kit on Amazon or through their website. They want to go into more wellness sites – into B2B. That’s their next step.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Elly Truesdell of Almanac Insights (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Are you familiar with ButcherBox? Elly Truesdell: Yes. Sramana Mitra: I did a story with the entrepreneur. What struck me was that one of the things he faces when talking to investors is that it is a perishable product. How do you view this? Lots of food companies are selling perishable products.