Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped to Over $10M from the UK

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Cambridge, England is a great place for high-end technical talent. This story from 2017 traces the journey of a group of such talented people with core expertise in Natural Language Processing, including Linguamatics Co-founder Roger Hale, and how they turned their expertise into a robust, profitable business. IQVIA acquired Linguamatics in January 2019.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

Roger Hale: I think I had quite a normal upbringing. I grew up in Yorkshire in the northeast of England. My mother came from a family with a local manufacturing business. She also ran a restaurant for a while. My father was an academic. He was a mathematician. He had actually been a code breaker and worked with some of the very first computers as part of that. I didn’t obviously know that until later.

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Catching Up On Readings: The Future of Big Tech

This feature from CB Insights illustrates the future of Big Tech with the help of ten charts. Big tech companies — Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Nvidia — are set to earn over $1.65T in aggregate revenue in 2023 and have raked in over $200B in profits. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Colors: Giverny V

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 I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Giverny V

Giverny V | Sramana Mitra, 2021 | Watercolor, Pastel, Brush Pen | 8  x 8, On Paper

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626th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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December 14 – 627th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 627th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, December 14, 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 can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

Colors: Giverny IV

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 I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Giverny IV

Giverny IV | Sramana Mitra, 2021 | Watercolor, Pastel, Brush Pen | 8  x 8, On Paper

Roundtable Recap: December 7 – An Indian EdTech Startup Discussion

During this week’s roundtable, we had Muhammed from Kerala, India pitch an EdTech startup. I liked the market entry strategy. The broader GTM needs work.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Cloud Stocks: Veeva Sees Traction on Vault CRM

According to a recent report, the global healthcare cloud computing market is expected to grow 21% annually to $62.47 billion by 2030. Veeva (NYSE: VEEV) recently announced its quarterly results that continued to impress the market.