Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services from Pune, India

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Services companies are easy to bootstrap, but often, they grow slowly in the beginning. How do you accelerate? This discussion with Mindbowser CEO Ayush Jain is about the levers of acceleration. Sramana Mitra: All right, Aayush, let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Yash Hemaraj, General Partner at BGV (Part 1)

Yash Hemaraj is General Partner at BGV, and Founding Partner at Arka Venture Labs. This is a very interesting discussion that goes into the nuances of high velocity Positioning and Go To Market strategies.

Bootstrapping Using Services from Pune: Mindbowser CEO Ayush Jain (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Can you give me an example of a Lego block that AI has enhanced? What was the Lego block and what did AI do to enhance that Lego block?

October 10 – 658th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 658th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 10, 2024, 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,

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657th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Venktesh Shukla, Monta Vista Capital

Venktesh Shukla, Founder and Managing Partner at Monta Vista Capital, discusses why he wants to see Human-in-the-Loop Generative AI startups. We’re hearing this a lot right now.

657th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: October 3 – AI Investment Thesis with Venktesh Shukla, Monta Vista Capital

During this week’s roundtable, we had Venktesh Shukla, Founder and Managing Partner at Monta Vista Capital, discuss why he wants to see Human-in-the-Loop Generative AI startups. We’re hearing this a lot right now. ULAI As for pitches, first, we had Santosh Patil, from Bangalore, India, pitch ULAI. Excellent presentation. Smars Jewelry Next Rani Komal Jain

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Bootstrapping Using Services from Pune: Mindbowser CEO Ayush Jain (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Take me to the inflection point where you hit upon the healthcare focus. What was the impetus for that? Ayush Jain: So that was actually around the time of COVID. Moving forward, we focused on making internal changes—hiring our own sales team, setting up foundations, and so on—because we were always striving for

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