Best of Bootstrapping: The Importance of Building Value with Shomit Ghose, Onset Ventures

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Shomit Ghose, Partner at Onset Ventures, is also a veteran startup executive with multiple IPOs under his belt. During our conversation in 2018, he highlights the fact that 70,000 ventures received angel funding in 2014, but the number of companies receiving venture funding remains

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Eric Benhamou, Founder and General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures 2021 (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: I have another question along those lines. When you are doing AI, typically machine learning and large data sets are involved, what are you seeing in your portfolio or deal flow in how entrepreneurs are accessing that data? You are talking about taking the technology risks out, but you need data to take

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Thursday, April 1 – 425th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 5245h FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, April 1, 2021, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/4 p.m. CET/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 questions. Others

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Daniel Cohen, General Partner at Viola Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: I am going to start double-clicking down on your AI investments. Vertical AI is something that we have seen a lot. I have one specific question that I want to stick around with you for a bit. You may have read my PaaS article. For those of you who are listening and who

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522nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Laurel Touby, Supernode Ventures

Laurel Touby, Managing Director of Supernode Ventures, talks about pre-seed investing in Latin America.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Eric Benhamou, Founder and General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures 2021 (Part 1)

Eric Benhamou is Founder and General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures. Sramana Mitra: Let’s focus on where you are in terms of the fund. What fund are you on? What is the size of the fund? What is the fund strategy now?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Daniel Cohen, General Partner at Viola Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How big is Viola’s current fund? Daniel Cohen: We have a few funds at Viola. We have a venture fund and a growth fund. Overall, we manage $3 billion, which is a big number for Israel for sure. I focus my time on the venture’s early-stage side. The early-stage side is about $1

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524th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Cindy Padnos, Illuminate Ventures

Cindy Padnos, Founder and Managing Director at Illuminate Ventures, discusses the impact of Covid on the fund’s portfolio, as well as trends she sees.