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: Bootstrapping Infinitely Virtual All The Way

President CEO Adam Stern used some equipment financing, and was considering some debt financing, to scale Infinitely Virtual. When we last spoke, he had not used any venture capital or private equity, but had built a substantial company. Read on to learn how. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your story. Where

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Venktesh Shukla, General Partner at Monta Vista Capital (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: I am very intellectually curious. I feel very humbled with how little I know about all these segments that we are working with. At the same time, there are methodology elements that we have come up with in doing this for such a long time that apply to a lot of different scenarios.

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A Case Study in Equity Crowdfunding: Cary Breese, CEO of NowRx (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: In 2010, you gained some significant domain knowledge in the insurance domain. What happens next? Cary Breese: I got interested in the broader startup industry. Although I had some deep experience in insurance, I was always an engineer by background. I was interested in technologies of various industries.

Best of Bootstrapping: Vacasa Co-founder Bootstrapped to $100M

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Vacasa Co-founder Cliff Johnson bootstrapped to scale in the crowded vacation rental space. Read how! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with the very beginning of your journey. Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Cliff Johnson: I actually

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Venktesh Shukla, General Partner at Monta Vista Capital (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Venktesh Shukla is General Partner at Monta Vista Capital. I have known Venk for more than 20 years, and we discussed both industry trends and his fund strategy.

A Case Study in Equity Crowdfunding: Cary Breese, CEO of NowRx ( Part 1)

Equity Crowdfunding has matured significantly. In this case study, we get to learn some interesting nuances. 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?

Catching Up On Readings: IPO Momentum in 2021

This feature from Nasdaq looks at the momentum in the IPO market with January 2021 already having 48 IPOs. The year 2020 had 316 IPOs that raised $80.9 billion in capital. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.