Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services to an Awesome Business Model

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  We’ve shared many Bootstrapping Using Services case studies with you here, as well as in the book on that topic. Inspyrus Founder CEO Nilay Banker’s story is particularly interesting because of the absolutely awesome business model that Nilay and his team had implemented by the time we spoke

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September 15 – 590th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 590th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, September 15, 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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589th Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: September 8 – Africa Rising

During this week’s roundtable, Francis Gankui Yao from Ghana pitched Herndon Farms, an agriculture venture. We’re seeing more startups from Africa and the trend is expected to build up. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to see Africa find its stride and build a robust startup ecosystem with entrepreneurs, investors, exits and all the

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Mohanjit Jolly, Partner at Iron Pillar (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Why did you make the decision of focusing on India-for-the-world? Mohanjit Jolly: One of the reasons is I’m sitting in Palo Alto. I don’t have my finger on the pulse of what’s going on in India. Having said that, I have colleagues who are in India and the Middle East. They do have

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A Journey into Personalized Luxury Fashion: Editorialist YX CEO Rafael Ortiz (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: So tell me more about what happened when you launched it? Rafael Ortiz: The business was an app for digitizing your wardrobe. The thinking was, we would digitize everything in your closet and provide you with styling services. We would create outfits of all the items in your closet and use that as

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services to a Public Unicorn

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Bootstrapping with Services is a tried and true strategy, including for building Unicorns. In our 2012 story, Alteryx Executive Chairman, CEO and founding partner Dean Stoecker talks about raising a Series A with $10 million in the bank. Today, Alteryx is a $4+ billion market cap

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589th Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Today’s 589th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, September 8, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!