Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping with Services from Romania to over $5M

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Tremend Managing Partner Marius Hanganu has built a services company from Romania to over $5 million in revenue. When we spoke in 2018, he was trying to bootstrap a product using the services business. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey.

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June 2 – 577th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 577th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, June 2, 2022, 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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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Steve Eskenazi, Angel Investor (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s do some more examples of the kinds of companies you like to invest in. Is Resonato an IT investment? Steve Eskenazi: It’s a technology company that occupies the intersection of technology and consumer electronics. Our first TVs were thick. Now, TVs are very thin. They are doing for the speaker market what

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Andrus Oks, Founding Partner of Tera Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How do the Estonian culture and entrepreneurial momentum play into your investment strategy? Are you looking for people to have developer shops in Estonia or some kind of backend in Estonia? Andrus Oks: Estonia is very special. To put in context, it is a small country with a population of 1.3 million. We

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20-Year Journey of a Fat Startup with Major Pivots: Scott Sellers, CEO of Azul (Part 1)

VCs invest in startups that go from zero to $100M in 5 to 7 years. It has taken Azul almost 20 years to make that journey. Scott discusses the pivots and strategic shifts that have made the journey possible. With patience and persistence, and with an excellent two-pronged Open Source strategy, Scott has built Azul

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Andrus Oks, Founding Partner of Tera Ventures (Part 1)

Andrus Oks is Founding Partner at Tera Ventures, based in Estonia. We have a great discussion on entrepreneurship in the Baltic and Scandinavian countries in particular. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as Tera Ventures. Andrus Oks: I’m one of the founding partners of Tera Ventures. Tera is an

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Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Florian Eggenschwiler, Chief Product Officer of Xovis (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How many partners do you have? Florian Eggenschwiler: About 200 plus of various sizes. Sramana Mitra: Is it more of the smaller ones? Florian Eggenschwiler: I would say there is a slight skew towards the smaller companies. They tend to be locally focused and are quite flexible to react to local requirements.

Catching Up On Readings: Big Tech’s Talent Bonanza

This feature by Christopher Mims on The Wall Street Journal discusses how the tech crash could be a talent bonanza among the Big Tech. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.