Bootstrapping Using Services to $10M: Zimit CEO James Cramer (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Three out of the fifteen customers you started the process with converted into customers. What kind of average deal size did they convert at? James Cramer: The initial deal size was maybe $50,000 to $75,000 in ARR. Sramana Mitra: What time frame are we talking about?

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Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Jim Xiao, CEO of Mason (Part 2)

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Bootstrapping Using Services to $10M: Zimit CEO James Cramer (Part 4)

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Jim is building an AWS or Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service company for rapid deployment of IOT products and use cases. Startups can also leverage the platform to quickly build IoT products. Fascinating discussion.  Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Mason.

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Bootstrapping Using Services to $10M: Zimit CEO James Cramer (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How did the acquisition happen? James Cramer: We would occasionally get solicitations from bankers. We would always entertain it to get a sense of which company was worth it and what was going on in terms of acquisitions. One day, I got an email from a banker in New York that said, “I

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