578th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Janam Mehta, Campus Fund and JSW Ventures

Janam Mehta, Partner at Campus Fund and Venture Investments at JSW Ventures, discusses the progress of the Indian startup ecosystem.

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578th Roundtable Recording with Janam Mehta, Campus Fund and JSW Ventures

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping Niche E-commerce Brand Big Barker

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  We’ve talked about niche, proprietary e-commerce brands and how entrepreneurs are building businesses around different concepts. Founder Eric Shannon shared the story of Big Barker, a dog bed for large dogs, with me in 2017. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey.

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Thursday, June 16 – 579th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 579th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, June 16, 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 Anupam Rastogi, General Partner of Emergent Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Can you elaborate on what it would take for you to do the concept stage? We see very few investors who do the concept stage. Anupam Rastogi: Along with the other criteria, we are looking to see how much market development the founder has done. We come across entrepreneurs who have gone to

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Building a Capital-Efficient, Highly Scalable Smart City IoT Venture: LYT CEO Timothy Menard (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Was there a customer that you had in mind? Timothy Menard: All sides – automotive and the communities they drove in. Sramana Mitra: How did you get the company off the ground? Timothy Menard: I applied for a Federal Small Business Research and Innovation grant. The company started on a quarter-million grant. I

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Best of Bootstrapping: Founder Bootstrapped to Over $10M from Australia

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This is another wonderful story of a founder who diligently scaled his startup. DNA Behavior Founder Hugh Massie had bootstrapped to over $10 Million in revenue when we spoke in 2017. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from?

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Anupam Rastogi, General Partner of Emergent Ventures (Part 1)

Anupam Rastogi is General Partner at Emergent Ventures, a firm focused on B-to-B tech investments. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by getting you acquainted with our audience. Talk a bit about how you position your fund. Before that, give a little bit of your own background too. Anupam Rastogi: I’ve been in the technology space for

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