231st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Tod Francis, Shasta Ventures

Tod Francis, Managing Director at Shasta Ventures, starts with a discussion on the history of retail, all the way from shoe stores, to departmental stores, and back to specialty retail. This is followed by a similar overview of the history of e-commerce ranging from Amazon’s strategy to how specialty retail is translating into niche e-commerce,

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Jeff Richards, COO of SnapNurse (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Is the primary use case for your offering like the Uber of nursing? Jeff Richards: We heard that many times when we first started our company. We had heard those comparisons that it is a type of Uber for nurses. There is something missing in that description though. When you order an Uber,

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Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Edge Impulse CEO Zach Shelby (Part 1)

Zach is building a Machine Learning platform company upon which 12,000 developers are building apps. This is a terrific conversation that spans how to build developer networks for a PaaS company, and numerous related issues. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as Edge Impulse.

529th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Stefan Batory, Booksy

Stefan Batory is Co-founder and CEO of Booksy, a SaaS-enabled marketplace venture.

529th Roundtable Recording on May 6, 2021: With Stefan Batory, Booksy

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 529th 1Mby1M Roundtable May 6, 2021: With Stefan Batory, Booksy

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sumant Mandal, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at March Capital (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: You have been around for a long time and so have I. We have come from this era in Silicon Valley where people would not invest in companies that are more than 15 miles away from them. Now, people are investing without meeting people. What is your current thesis around what geography you

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Best of Bootstrapping: JAM CEO Survives Covid with a Bootstrapped Venture

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Kristi Herold, CEO of JAM, built a thriving bootstrapped business over twenty years until Covid hit. Read how she is surviving Covid. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Jeff Richards, COO of SnapNurse (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. There’s an acute nurse shortage in the United States. SnapNurse works in IT-enabled provisioning and payment. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well SnapNurse. Jeff Richards: I am the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of SnapNurse and Paymint. SnapNurse

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