Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services from London to Exit

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Continuing with our Bootstrapping Using Services coverage, we bring you HighQ Founder CEO Ajay Patel’s story from London in 2014. Thomson Reuters acquired HighQ in 2019. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with some back story. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of

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Thursday, April 27 – 605th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 605th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, April 27, 2023, 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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Blocking Ransomware at the Hard Drive Level: John Benkert, CEO of Cigent (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You retired from the Air Force and decided to do your own company. John Benkert: Yes. Sramana Mitra: What were you going to offer and to whom?

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services While Navigating a Recession

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Rik Chomko, now CEO at InRule, and his team had to navigate a long journey, including a recession that disrupted one of their key customer segments dramatically. Read our interview from 2014 to learn how they survived. Sramana: Rik, let’s start with the beginning of your

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Blocking Ransomware at the Hard Drive Level: John Benkert, CEO of Cigent (Part 1)

Ransomware is a key Cyber Security challenge that drives enterprises and governments crazy. John has built a very interesting company to address this problem with a unique approach and lots of patented Intellectual Property. In this case study, you will also learn a lot about Go To Market Strategy through Firmware. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped with Services to $175M

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  There is, of course, a myth that you cannot build a large company by bootstrapping. What a total pot of crxp! Meet TEOCO Founder CEO Atul Jain, and have your preconceptions checked and readjusted. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your story. Where

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Catching Up On Readings: State of Streaming

This feature from Bloomberg by Lucas Shaw and Madeline Campbell analyzes the state of streaming business including the top streaming platforms and the top shows. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping with Services at the Cusp of AI and FinTech

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  In this case study, Cognaize Founder Vahe Andonians talks a lot about bootstrapping – bootstrapping to exit, bootstrapping with services, so on. You will also learn a nifty way of building domain knowledge on top of horizontal AI expertise. This is a valuable and extremely interesting

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