Bootstrapping Using Services: George Anderson, CEO of Ninth Wave (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Who did you raise money from? George Anderson: It was from a company called Soros private equity.  Sramana Mitra: How much revenue was the software business generating when you brought this firm in? George Anderson: I don’t want to get it wrong, so I’d rather not say that one. 

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518th Roundtable Recording on February 4, 2021: With Daniel Cohen, Viola Ventures

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 518th 1Mby1M Roundtable February 4, 2021: With Daniel Cohen, Viola Ventures

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping to $45M from Chicago

RKON Technologies CEO Jeff Mullarkey has built a Managed Service Provider (MSP) business that he could take to $500 million or a billion dollars in revenue. Read how he did it. Sramana Mitra: Let’s begin at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Fabrice Grinda, Founding Partner at FJ Labs (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What are your predictions on post-COVID trends? What are you seeing and predicting? What kind of businesses would you like to invest in the post-COVID era?  Fabrice Grinda: Crises, in general, are extraordinary accelerators of underlying trends. They are also extraordinary generators of productivity growth. If you examine the 20th century, the Great

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Bootstrapping Using Services: George Anderson, CEO of Ninth Wave (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: When did that episode happen? Was it when you did this repackaging? George Anderson: Yes, when I did the repackaging. It was in 2001.  Sramana Mitra: From 2001 to 2008, you ran as a bootstrapped company. How far did you get between your services, training, and software?

Roundtable Recap: February 4 – AI, PaaS and Deeptech Investments

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Daniel Cohen, General Partner at Viola Ventures. The conversation was largely around AI, PaaS and Deeptech investments. If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here: 518th 1Mby1M Roundtable February

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February 11 – 519th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 519th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 11, 2021, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 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 questions. Others

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Best of Bootstrapping: Toptal CEO Bootstraps a Virtual Company to Scale

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. There’s been some controversy around whether virtual teams scale. Taso Du Val, CEO of Toptal, scaled a sizeable business using a virtual team. Read on to learn more. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal entrepreneurial

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