Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Entrepreneurship from Estonia

Messente CEO Lauri Kinkar takes us into a country that has done amazingly well in developing a technology and startup culture. Fascinating! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What is the background? Lauri Kinkar: I grew up and am based in

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Roundtable Recap: April 16 – Global Entrepreneurship Continues Amidst Pandemic

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Joshua Posamentier, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Congruent Ventures, a firm focused on sustainability oriented technology ventures. Mark N Park As for entrepreneur pitches, Sanket Thodge from Pune, India, pitched the Mark N Park app, a parking optimization solution. VacaShopping.com Next, we had Matias Larroulet from

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April 23 – 482nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 482nd FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, April 23, 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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481st Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 481st FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, April 16, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. PASSWORD: startup All are welcome!

481st Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 481st FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, April 16 at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. PASSWORD: startup All are welcome!

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Darshana Zaveri of Catalyst Health Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Given that you are in a sector that is very relevant to what we are going through right now, what do you see is going to happen? There is a furious effort to come up with all kinds of testing devices with coronavirus and testing for antibodies of who has already gotten it.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Darshana Zaveri of Catalyst Health Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What is the go-to market strategy for this company? What is your investment thesis around go-to market strategies? You mentioned early on that these companies don’t necessarily go to market on their own. Darshana Zaveri: This company did exit. It was bought out in 2018 by Boston Scientific. We did the seed round

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Darshana Zaveri of Catalyst Health Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What about geography? You’re based in the Boston area. Where do you like to invest? Darshana Zaveri: We’re pretty broad across the US. We’re a very small team ourselves. We’re two Managing Partners and a few folks in the back office. We tend to be New England focused just because of our location

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