Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped from College to $8M

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Waveform CEO Sina Khanifar started tinkering with bootstrapped entrepreneurship way back in college. When we spoke in 2020, this had certainly paid off. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in

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Building a Capital Efficient Second Venture: LiftLab CEO John Wallace (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: So, a fraction of their media spend is your business model. What kind of deal sizes are we talking and, and what do you need to sell? In the pandemic, I heard from a lot of people that they were able to close deals without having to meet people. Even very large deals.

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped a Subscription Service to Significant Scale

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Before the pandemic in 2018, ButcherBox Founder and CEO Mike Salguero shared a fascinating story of a subscription service for high-quality meat being delivered to consumer homes. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where were you

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Building a Capital Efficient Second Venture: LiftLab CEO John Wallace (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: How long did it take you to build out all the specs that you were getting from these customers? John Wallace: We were experimenting only for about a year and a half. Then we spent probably another nine months building the modelling platform.

Catching Up On Readings: State of AI 2023

This report from CBInsights focuses on the funding trends in the AI sector. In 2023, AI startups raised $42.5B across 2,500 equity rounds. Generative AI dominated in 2023, attracting 48% of all AI funding. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Building a Capital Efficient Second Venture: LiftLab CEO John Wallace (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: So, what you’re saying is that you got this input about what the market was looking for, and because they were paying customers on the first piece of the functionality, you were able to get them to give you access to data. Because in all of this, as you know, in building AI

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February 15 – 633rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 633rd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 15, 2024, 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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632nd 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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