Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Solid Commerce CEO Eran Pick (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Solid Commerce sits in the middle of the multi-channel e-commerce ecosystem. Read on to learn more about the segment. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning and introduce Solid Commerce as well as your own background.

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Catching Up On Readings: VC Funding 2020

This feature from TechCrunch analyzes the trends in venture capital funding in the US last year. About $156.2 billion was invested in US startups in 2020, or around $428 million for each day of the year. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Epic River CEO Jeff Grobaski (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: As I am listening to you, what strikes me in the situation is that there isn’t much awareness in consumers that they can do this and such a facility exists in community banks and credit unions. That awareness probably doesn’t exist. Jeff Grobaski: We are trying to drive that awareness through the healthcare

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Do you want to do another case study? Keith Bank: Another one is called Hammerhead Technology based in New York City. I made a small angel investment in this individual several years ago. His name is Pete Morgan. He’s an avid cyclist and had an idea that there was a way to create

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Epic River CEO Jeff Grobaski (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How many community banks are in your customer base? Jeff Grobaski: We’ve got a little over a thousand community banks now. We are integrated into over 40 bank systems. We are able to speed the time-to-close without increasing the cost.  Sramana Mitra: How long have you been doing this?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s talk about some of the digital businesses in sports tech.  Keith Bank: One that I’m particularly proud of and where we’ve got a lot of activity right now is Phenix. This came to me in a very unusual way. My son was in the commercial real estate business. One day he said,

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping to $15M in Three Years

If you haven’t already, please study my free Bootstrapping course.  Extraordinarily tight, disciplined strategy and execution has enabled Connatix Founder CEO David Kashak to build a tremendously fast growth company with a small team. A lot to learn here. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Epic River CEO Jeff Grobaski (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This interview focuses on an important piece of innovation that has the potential to relieve the financial pain of many consumers who suffer under the pain of high health insurance deductibles. https://www.sramanamitra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/506th-1Mby1M-Entrepreneurship-Podcast-With-Jeff-Grobaski-Epic-River.mp3 Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well Epic River.