Cloud Stocks: Salesforce Defies Market Turbulence

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) recently announced its third quarter results that continued to surpass market expectations. While its growth rate has slowed down, the market remains positive, and sent the stock soaring 8% to a 52-week high in the after-hours trading session. Salesforce’s stock has climbed over 70% this year, significantly outperforming the Nasdaq which grew 36% in the year.

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Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 5)

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The primary tool of politics is the Narrative. The story. Example: Donald Trump’s declaration that the election has been stolen from him is a story that he has successfully sold to the American electorate. 

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services from Romania to $5M+

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

Tremend Managing Director Marius Hanganu has built a services company from Romania to over $5 million in revenue. When we spoke in 2018, he was trying to bootstrap a product using the services business.

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?

Marius Hanganu: I’m from Romania. I was born near the seaside. At an early age, we moved to the capital city of Bucharest. My father is an Admiral in the Navy. A bit of that made a mark on myself. I got into computers around 12. I got into the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in the Computer Science Department. It’s probably the best in the country.

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Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 4)

A parallel revolution will take place in education. Today, the world struggles with finding good teachers to educate children, young adults, and even adults because so much is changing and continuous education is essential to staying on top of one’s profession.

We’re definitely moving toward AI-enabled personalized tutoring at all levels now. ALL students – even those who are below average – with the help of personalized tutoring – will perform at an above average level.

And because this is ALSO a technology-driven solution, it is completely scalable.

Best of Bootstrapping: Why Ownership Matters

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For those of you rushing to raise venture capital with a deck of slides or a minimum viable product, let me offer you a challenge: How can you get to a $20 million pre-money valuation in Series A, raise $5 million, and keep control of 80% of the equity?

That’s what Christian Chabot, founder of Tableau Software, can teach you from his real-life experience. Chabot, needless to say, did so by bootstrapping the early stages of his company, validating the customer need, building a great product in the domain of analytics and visualization, and generating serious revenue and OEM partnerships before going out to raise any venture financing at all.

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Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 3)

Tuberculosis is still rampant in the more resource-constrained areas of the world from India, Southeast Asia, and South Africa. There are about 10 million to 11 million TB cases every year. It’s still a problem. A lot of people still die from TB. So here, we have Indian AI technology addressing a big medical problem, and having a huge impact.

Cloud Stocks: NVIDIA to Continue Dominating

With AI taking off, NVIDIA’s pioneering efforts in the accelerated computing space are paying off. Today, NVIDIA’s platform is used by 4.5 million developers and powers 76% of the TOP500 supercomputers. The company recently announced very strong quarterly results.

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped with Sophisticated Strategic Maneuvering

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BioConnect Founder CEO Rob Douglas has built a thriving founder-financed business from Toronto using very sophisticated strategic maneuvering. I just loved discussing the strategic nuances of this business. You’ll learn a LOT from reading this story from 2018.

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?

Rob Douglas: I’m a Canadian. I was born just outside of Toronto. I have grown up in and around the city of Toronto. I’m married. I have two kids. Both of them are in their 20’s. I have spent most of my entrepreneurial life primarily focused on markets outside of Canada. US and EMEA have been primary markets over my career.

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