Last Week to Apply for the DataStax – 1Mby1M Startup Challenge

One Million by One Million (1Mby1M) is the first global virtual accelerator, headquartered in Silicon Valley. 1Mby1M aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs to reach a million dollars each in annual revenue. Check out The DataStax – 1Mby1M Startup Challenge. Watch – Learn — APPLY – Submit Your Application by October 28, 2021. To experience the One Million

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Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Saviynt CEO Amit Saha (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: The other driver, I imagine, is the selection of different products. There is so much innovation happening in the cybersecurity space. It has become very difficult for small companies innovating on specific point products to get into the Global 2000. The Global 2000 CIO’s are really swamped with new products to absorb and

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10 Udemy Courses on How to Raise Seed Startup Funding

One frustrating observation remains with me. Entrepreneurs constantly come to us for assistance with their funding in situations where their chances of fundraising are ZERO. We can’t do anything to assist them, regardless of how strong our investor connections are. We can’t help startups get funding until they are fundable. It pains me to see

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Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Ayyeka CEO Ariel Stern (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What is the level of adoption of the kind of end-to-end solutions you’re talking about at the city or state level? Ariel Stern: Not that high. Some cities or municipalities are very advanced. They have a strong leadership team. They have a strong appetite for innovation. They understand that digital innovation is key

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Thursday, October 28 – 551st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 551st FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/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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Best of Bootstrapping: Seismic Audio CEO Bootstrapped a $10 Million E-Commerce Business

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  E-commerce companies are relatively easy to bootstrap. In 2015, Steve Acree shared his journey bootstrapping Seismic Audio to almost $10 million in revenue. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in

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Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Saviynt CEO Amit Saha (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: In the different segments that you talked about, what is the competitive landscape and the market share situation? Who is the market share leader in each of these categories? Where do you fit in? Amit Saha: On the access management side, there are two top leaders, Microsoft being one of them. There are

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Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Ayyeka CEO Ariel Stern (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How much of system integration work is involved to implement a solution like yours? Ariel Stern: Before Ayyeka, the majority of the projects were system integrations. We said, “Ayyeka will eliminate the need for the complicated system integration. We provide end-to-end solutions that have both the hardware and software.” It’s almost like plug-and-play.

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