1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Dheeraj Pandey, Founder of Nutanix (Part 1)

Dheeraj Pandey, founder of Nutanix and DevRev. The conversation spans a variety of topics and has some brilliant insights into the gaps in the tech industry. Sramana Mitra: We’re going to continue the conversation we’ve had where we talked about his background as a founder of a successful high-growth company. We’re going to talk about

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Bootstrapping a FinTech Startup by Piggybacking with Services: Quavo Co-Founder David Chmielewski (Part 1)

Dave transitioned from a developer to an entrepreneur by leveraging his solid domain knowledge in a particular area of FinTech: dispute resolution for credit card transactions. He and his co-founders effectively used bootstrapping using services and piggybacked on the Pega Systems platform. Read on to learn more about his journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at

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Catching Up On Readings: Web3

This feature from CB Insights looks at all aspects of Web3 including DeFi and NFTs. It also gives an in-depth insight into its impact on the digital economy. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

September 22 – 591st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 591st FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, September 22, 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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590th Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

Roundtable Recap: September 15 – B-to-C App Financing

During this week’s roundtable, we had a  pitch from a B-to-C app company that wants to raise financing off the bat. We had Raj Yadav from Prayagraj, India, pitching CureAI, a digital health app. The entire discussion was around ideal strategies to address the chicken and egg of B-to-C app startups. You can listen to

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Tea Hea Nahm, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Storm Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What trends are you seeing in SaaS companies finding growth strategies? What are the primary customer acquisition channels that are producing really well? Tea Hea Nahm: Whether you’re using product-led, outbound, or inbound, we just want to have one that we feel is really going to work for them. Sramana Mitra: Are you

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: SurgePays CEO Brian Cox (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: How big is this segment you’re catering to? Brian Cox: I always say a third of the country. Miami Herald did an article this year talking about the impact of the infrastructure bill. There are a couple of programs that are based on income level qualifiers. One of those is the affordable connectivity

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