Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped a 100% Virtual Business from Ireland

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Shane Evans is Co-founder of Scrapinghub, now known as Zyte, a virtual team-based business from Ireland. When we spoke in 2016, the company had 5M Euro in revenue, 130 employees in 43 countries and operated 100% virtually. Very interesting view into a different part of

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped an AdTech Company from France

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  When we spoke in 2016, BidMotion Founder Daniel Nathan had built a really cool company based in Paris. Daniel is now Founder and CEO of Homa Games. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services to $12M and an Exit

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  You know that we believe in the Bootstrapping Using Services methodology quite firmly. Here is Square Root Founder Chris Taylor’s story from 2016 – a great example of how and why bootstrapping using services works. In 2021, CDK Global acquired Square Root for $25 million.

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March Tech Startup Course Coupons and New Validation Course

This month we are introducing a new course, Validation for Tech Startups by Sramana Mitra [Coupon Code: TRY1MBY1MMAR2024VAL]. Whether your sights are set on B2C or B2B markets, mastering validation is paramount, particularly for tech startups. Understanding the intricacies of customer needs and preferences is the cornerstone of success. You will learn that while development

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services First from London

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Rich Waldron, Co-founder and CEO of Tray.io, was building an authentic tech company from London when we spoke in 2020. While the company could have become a so-called Unicorn by loading up on liquidation preferences, they chose not to do so. Excellent story. Sramana Mitra:

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Catching Up On Readings: Humanoid Robotics

This report from CB Insights analyzes the humanoid robotics market that is driven by advancements in AI, pilot programs demonstrating commercial viability, and significant investment from big tech. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Colors: La Nuit X

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and

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March 28 – 635th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 635th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/4 p.m. CET/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

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