Serial Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Three PropTech Ventures: LuxuryProperty Founder Jason Hayes (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: When you sold the company in 2007, what were the metrics? Jason Hayes: The value of the entire portfolio was in the region of $200 million. Revenues were approximately 10% of that. There was probably about 70% loan to value. I sold it to a London hedge fund. I remained with the company

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June 22 – 609th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 609th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, June 22, 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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Best of Bootstrapping: Organically Bootstrapped to $200M

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Founder Jorn Lyseggen started Meltwater in Norway and, when we spoke in 2015, had scaled the company organically to $200 million. Fascinating journey! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what

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608th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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608th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Max Brickman, Heartland Ventures

Max Brickman, Founder at Heartland Ventures, talks about his firm’s investment thesis.

Serial Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Three PropTech Ventures: LuxuryProperty Founder Jason Hayes (Part 1)

Jason has worked at the cusp of real estate and digital marketing for 35 years and built three successful ventures. All of them are bootstrapped, organically grown, capital efficient businesses. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background?

Catching Up On Readings: ChatGPT Risks and its Responsible Use

This feature from Gartner identifies six ChatGPT associated risks that legal and Compliance leaders must evaluate and build appropriate measures to steer responsible use of ChatGPT. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Roundtable Recap: June 15 – Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later

During this week’s roundtable, we had several companies that have bootstrapped to revenue and are seeking fresh funding to get to the next stage. This is consistent with our Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later philosophy. You can study the subject in this course. First, though, we had a great conversation with Max Brickman from Heartland

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