Catching Up On Readings: Emerging Tech Hype Cycle 2022

This report from Gartner analyzes 2022 Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. They fit into three main themes: evolving/expanding immersive experiences, accelerated artificial intelligence automation, and optimized technologist delivery. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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From Developer to Solo Entrepreneur to $5M+ Revenue: Sporcle Founder and CTO Matt Ramme (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: We have touched the big milestones in 2009. You have started monetizing enough to get yourself salaries. You have brought in the CEO who’s helping you monetize. What is the next inflection point? Matt Ramme: From the very beginning, I had a link to send feedback. People had a lot of ideas. We

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Building a European EdTech Unicorn from Vienna, Austria: Felix Ohswald, CEO of GoStudent (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What about Indian companies? There are a whole bunch of players that are doing really well like CueMath. Felix Ohswald: Two markets that have always been quite advanced when it comes to education businesses are India and China. China had some regulation changes last year that made it difficult for these businesses to

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From Developer to Solo Entrepreneur to $5M+ Revenue: Sporcle Founder and CTO Matt Ramme (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: It was just the two of you at this point. Matt Ramme: Yes. In March of 2009, we made this our full-time job and got paid by the company. Sramana Mitra: Tell me about the monetization. Were you using an ad network to monetize? Matt Ramme: Originally, it was AdSense. We’ve used a

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Building a European EdTech Unicorn from Vienna, Austria: Felix Ohswald, CEO of GoStudent (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: For those three years, you ran this site of letting students ask questions and answering those questions? Felix Ohswald: Yes. Sramana Mitra: Was there financing involved? Felix Ohswald: Yes, we raised about €3 million. Sramana Mitra: From whom?

From Developer to Solo Entrepreneur to $5M+ Revenue: Sporcle Founder and CTO Matt Ramme (Part 3)

Matt Ramme: Another big interest was puzzles and watching Jeopardy. I’ve always been a fan of that. As I got into that, my wife and I would play a lot of crosswords. What I kept finding is that the more I do it, the more I realize there’s a certain subset of trivia data that,

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Building a European EdTech Unicorn from Vienna, Austria: Felix Ohswald, CEO of GoStudent (Part 1)

This is a terrific story of a European EdTech venture that has raised $600 million and is scaling extremely well after three years of not finding a monetization model. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

Thursday, August 18 – 586th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 586th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, August 18, 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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