Roundtable Recap: June 5 – Why You Should Avoid 3-Month Accelerators

During this week’s roundtable, I spoke about the changing landscape in the startup ecosystem. Among other things, it is becoming increasingly evident that the 3-month accelerator is broken except in very specific cases. You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Building a High Growth Vertical AI Company in Healthcare: Ganesh Padmanabhan, CEO of Autonomize AI (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Healthcare is big, but it’s cumbersome. It’s one of the biggest exit barrier systems, right? You’ve all these legacy systems that refuse to exit, that refuse to budge, and entrepreneurs have a really hard time getting their toehold – not even foothold – toehold into those homes. Where did you find the entry

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688th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 10 Minutes

Today’s 688th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 10 minutes, on Thursday, June 5, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

Building a High Growth Vertical AI Company in Healthcare: Ganesh Padmanabhan, CEO of Autonomize AI (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How long did you stay there? Ganesh Padmanabhan: About two and a half years. During that time, we went from about $3 million to about $30 million ARR. It was very fast growth. It was early days of AI and we learned a lot.

Building a High Growth Vertical AI Company in Healthcare: Ganesh Padmanabhan, CEO of Autonomize AI (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Okay. So, now I have a picture of your timeline to double click down on. So, tell me about the startup that you did – where you got acqui-hired. How long was that journey?

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AI is transforming every industry from healthcare and customer support to professional services and beyond. Founders are launching startups that tackle real problems using generative AI, machine learning and automation. Others are exploring the shifting mindset of investors as they evaluate opportunities in this fast-moving space. If you’re curious about the practical steps and real-world

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Best of Bootstrapping: Co-founders Bootstrapped First, Scaled to $16M

This is a textbook case study of founders with deep domain knowledge in starting with services and then productizing, eventually raising institutional capital. EZOPS Co-Founders Sarva Srinivasan and Dutt Chintalapati told us all about their journey in 2021. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where were you born? Where does

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Chase Customers Instead of Concept Financing

First time entrepreneurs, for the most part, do not qualify for Concept Financing. If you are hitting up pre-seed VCs in search of Concept Financing, you are wasting your time.