Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services from Romania to $5M+

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Tremend Managing Director Marius Hanganu has built a services company from Romania to over $5 million in revenue. When we spoke in 2018, he was trying to bootstrap a product using the services business. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal

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Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 4)

A parallel revolution will take place in education. Today, the world struggles with finding good teachers to educate children, young adults, and even adults because so much is changing and continuous education is essential to staying on top of one’s profession. We’re definitely moving toward AI-enabled personalized tutoring at all levels now. ALL students –

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Best of Bootstrapping: Why Ownership Matters

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  For those of you rushing to raise venture capital with a deck of slides or a minimum viable product, let me offer you a challenge: How can you get to a $20 million pre-money valuation in Series A, raise $5 million, and keep control of

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Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 3)

Tuberculosis is still rampant in the more resource-constrained areas of the world from India, Southeast Asia, and South Africa. There are about 10 million to 11 million TB cases every year. It’s still a problem. A lot of people still die from TB. So here, we have Indian AI technology addressing a big medical problem,

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped with Sophisticated Strategic Maneuvering

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  BioConnect Founder CEO Rob Douglas has built a thriving founder-financed business from Toronto using very sophisticated strategic maneuvering. I just loved discussing the strategic nuances of this business. You’ll learn a LOT from reading this story from 2018. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very

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Thursday, Nov. 30 – 626th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 626th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 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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Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 2)

Now, I stand before you in 2023. The world has evolved. AI has quickened pace. There is both good news and bad news in that quickening of technological advancement. Let us start with the good news. India has leapfrogged to an extremely positive strategic position. Some of this is due to the movements in geopolitics.

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Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 1)

(Sramana Mitra discusses India’s Prospects in the Age of AI at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in Kolkata, India on November 3, 2023) It’s a real pleasure for me to return to this forum after four years. Thank you very much, Maharaj, for having me again and again. History is evolving rather quickly at the

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