Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Praava Health CEO Sylvana Sinha, Bangladesh (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What is the pricing model? Sylvana Sinha: We like to say we are offering more value for money. We price at market. It’s in between the fancy private hospitals and the free and affordable care. To see a doctor, it’s less than $8. To see a specialist might cost $12 to $15. We

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Praava Health CEO Sylvana Sinha, Bangladesh (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s focus on the first year. What did you build to qualify yourself for funding? Sylvana Sinha: I spent that year on a listening tour. I was traveling all over the world to meet entrepreneurs and investors to understand business models and innovations in healthcare. I funded myself to do that and just

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May 26: 576th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 576th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, May 26, 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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Best of Bootstrapping: The Entrepreneur – VC Compensation Disbalance

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  The compensation disbalance in the Venture Capital / Private Equity world remains quite stark. Take a look at the chart a friend once sent me showing some concrete data on VC compensation, and Private Equity industry performance. VCs without much of an operating background constitute a

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Roundtable Recap: May 19 – Examples of What Works and Doesn’t in Investor Pitches

During this week’s roundtable, we had four pitches from entrepreneurs from around the world. Includovate As for entrepreneur pitches, we had Kristie Drucza from Kampala, Uganda, pitch Includovate, an inclusive R&D services company with $1M+ in revenues looking to pivot. Keepler Next we had Rachel Abramowitz from Brooklyn, New York, pitch Keepler, a next generation,

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Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Elisity CEO James Winebrenner (Part 5)

James Winebrenner: The second thing is not going at it alone. All of these companies that we want to do business with can’t evaluate tens of thousands of vendors. The space changes rapidly. Much more so in security. Some of these segments are so small when they start.

Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Praava Health CEO Sylvana Sinha, Bangladesh (Part 1)

We love pioneering entrepreneurs. Sylvana is working on upgrading the healthcare system in Bangladesh. Wonderful, inspiring story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with some background about your own journey. How did you get going with Praava Health?

Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Elisity CEO James Winebrenner (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Healthcare and manufacturing are two big segments where you are doing a lot of work. James Winebrenner: Yes, we are starting to see acknowledgment of this need in traditional enterprise space. I met with a large investment bank in New York last week that has done micro-segmentation initiatives in their data centers, but

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