Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Criteria CEO Josh Millet (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: You went after the startups because they were hiring a lot. Intuitively, it would strike me that the large enterprise market would be more conducive to hiring evaluation solutions.  Josh Millet: Yes, we probably should have had you as an advisor back then. We would’ve figured that out quickly. When we looked at

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund was recorded in October 2020. Elizabeth Yin is General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed investment firm.

Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Criteria CEO Josh Millet (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s double-click down on the starting of Criteria. What did you start with? How was the journey? Who was involved? What was the bootstrapping process? Josh Millet: When I was working at that other company, I started participating in interviews with applicants. We weren’t good at hiring sometimes. A lot of companies struggle

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped with a Paycheck to Techstars and Acquisition

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. In a previous story, we showed you how Jas Grewal bootstrapped his company CareSkore with a paycheck and then got into Y Combinator with a validated business. With Blueprint Registry, we show you the same strategy as executed by CEO Nevin

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520th Roundtable Recording on February 18, 2021: With Rajeev Madhavan, Clear Ventures

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 520th 1Mby1M Roundtable Feb. 18, 2021: With Rajeev Madhavan, Clear Ventures

March 4 – 521st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 521st FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, March 4, 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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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Suman Talukdar, Founder and Managing Partner at AiSprouts.VC (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: For the entrepreneurs who are listening, you cannot fit a square peg in a round hole. Just like when you were looking for the product-market fit, you are going to have to find an investor entrepreneur fit. An investor who is looking for one type of exit is not going to invest in

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Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Criteria CEO Josh Millet (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Josh has bootstrapped Criteria to almost $5M in revenue before raising funding. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?