Thought Leaders on Internet of Things: Ordr CEO Greg Murphy (Part 1)

IoT Security is a huge vulnerability all over the world at the moment. Greg breaks down the problem into opportunities for innovators to offer solutions. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as the company. Greg Murphy: I’m the CEO at Ordr. We’re the leader in connected device security focusing

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Anirudh Damani, Managing Partner at Artha Venture Fund (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Is your portfolio all India-born companies? Anirudh Damani: Out of the 27 we’ve done from the fund, 26 are domiciled in India. One is domiciled in the US but it’s primarily an Indian business selling to the world. In terms of sales, 25% of our portfolio sales happen outside the country, but most

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Thursday, October 13 – 593rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 593rd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 13, 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: Bootstrapped with Freemium and Free Trials to $13M

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  When we spoke in 2016, SurveyGizmo Co-founder Christian Vanek had bootstrapped the company to $13 million from Boulder, Colorado. He experimented with both freemium and free trial, and managed to monetize nicely. The company is now named Alchemer. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Amit Jain, Chief Product Officer, ServiceMax (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: How much of this industry do you think has a solution? Amit Jain: I’ll put it this way. Our enterprise customers also grow by acquisition. There are also inherent technical debts as well. It’s a herculean task for these companies to have a uniform technology strategy. Maybe 10 different ERP and homegrown field

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Anirudh Damani, Managing Partner at Artha Venture Fund (Part 1)

Anirudh Damani is the Managing Partner at Artha Venture Fund. We have a terrific discussion on the Indian Startup Ecosystem and its trends. Sramana Mitra: Let’s get you acquainted with the audience. Tell us a bit about Artha and your background. Anirudh Damani: I have had a very interesting journey to becoming a venture capitalist.

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped RushOrderTees to $23M

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  From setting up a printing machine in the dining room to $23 million in revenue when we spoke in 2016, RushOrderTees Co-founder CEO Michael Nemeroff’s journey is one of steady, diligent execution. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from?

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Amit Jain, Chief Product Officer, ServiceMax (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: I’m seeing it everywhere right now. The investors are talking about it. They want to see vertical cloud products. Your insights are very timely. What are the open problems from where you sit? ServiceMax has achieved quite a bit of scale. What is your current ARR? Amit Jain: We’re over $150 million ARR.

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