Cloud Stocks: BlackLine Leverages AI for Industry First Offerings

Accounting software solution provider BlackLine (NASDAQ: BL) recently announced its fourth quarter results that shattered market expectations. The company remains committed to a long-term strategy and vision of focusing on solutions across financial close, consolidation, intercompany accounting, and invoice-to-cash as it enhances its product offerings.

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped First, Raised $120 Million Later

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. 

This discussion from 2020 with Madwire Co-CEO JB Kellogg includes all sorts of interesting nuances, including DIFM vs. DIY. Read on.

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

JB Kellogg: I’m from Colorado. I was born and raised there. We moved around, but most of my childhood was in Colorado. I was very into sports as a kid. I grew up with that as my primary focus, which catapulted me into college on scholarship for football.

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Catching Up On Readings: MWC 2024

This feature from The Verge investigates what is expected to launch at the Mobile World Congress to be held in Barcelona from February 26th. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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Colors: La Nuit VII

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 – La Nuit VII

La Nuit VII | Sramana Mitra, 2021 | Watercolor, Pastel, Ink | 8  x 8, On Paper

Colors: La Nuit VI

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 – La Nuit VI

La Nuit VI | Sramana Mitra, 2021 | Watercolor, Pastel, Ink | 8  x 8, On Paper

March 7 – 634th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 634th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, March 7, 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 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!

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped to Over $10M First

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. 

Koncert (formerly ConnectLeader) CEO / CTO Senraj Soundar had bootstrapped his company to over $10 million in revenue before raising VC funds when we spoke in 2017. We love stories like this that reinforce our philosophy: “Do not go to VCs as beggars, go as kings!”

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

Senraj Soundar: I was born and brought up in India, particularly in Southern India. I got my Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in Chennai. Around that time when I graduated, I received an award from the President of India for the best invention in the country. It was called the National Technology Award. They give out one award each year. I won that award in 1991, and it was given in 1992. The following year, I came to the US and went to UMass to get my Computer Science degree.

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Cloud Stocks: Atlassian’s Cloud Story Hits a Bump

Enterprise collaboration solutions provider Atlassian (Nasdaq: TEAM) recently announced its second quarter results that surpassed market expectations. This was a milestone quarter for the company as it surpassed $1 billion in revenues for the first time.