Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping E-commerce Company Fun.com

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Tom Fallenstein, CEO of Fun.com, has built a kick-ass e-commerce company out of rural Minnesota. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised, in what kind of environment? Tom Fallenstein: I was born in Minnesota

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Brian Phillips, CEO of MedShift (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Why is your technology just being applied to the medical aesthetic market? It sounds like the value proposition can be applied to any kind of medical instrumentation. Is that not true? Brian Phillips: That is true. We happen to operate our business within the aesthetic arena. It is a tight arena. We buy

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Bootstrapping from Guwahati: Anjan Pathak, CTO and Co-Founder of Vantage Circle (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What was the business model?  Anjan Pathak: It’s very simple. Samsung might have a new phone on their website. They want to sell it directly to corporate employees, but they cannot. They need a medium to market themselves, so they give the deal or coupon to us which can be redeemed on their

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Best of Bootstrapping: Discussing Open Opportunities with Hemant Mohapatra, Lightspeed Venture Partners

If you have been bootstrapping and think you are ready for investors, you need to learn how investors think. First, please study our free Bootstrapping course and Investor Introductions page. Then start looking for entrepreneur – investor fit. Today I introduce you to Hemant Mohapatra. Hemant Mohapatra, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, India, talks about some of the large, open

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Thursday, March 11 – 522nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 522nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, March 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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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Brian Phillips, CEO of MedShift (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: It sounds like the primary value proposition for the manufacturers in the use case that you provided is maintenance. Is that correct? Brian Phillips: That is one use case. I would say that is a good use case. Maintenance is understanding whether the machine is operating well and also having the ability to

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Bootstrapping from Guwahati: Anjan Pathak, CTO and Co-Founder of Vantage Circle (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. I am always thrilled to do stories of pioneering entrepreneurs building technology startups in remote locations. Anjan brings us into the nascent scene in Guwahati, in the North-East Indian state of Assam. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to the beginning of your journey. Where

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping Cleverbridge From Germany

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. We’re always impressed by entrepreneurs who manage to build sizeable companies without outside capital. Read how Founder Christian Blume maneuvered Cleverbridge to $40 million in revenue and did not want to deal with venture capital and private equity when we spoke in 2015. You

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