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 from New Delhi, India, pitched Smars Jewelry, also an excellent pitch.

Shakti Sudha Makhana

Then Satyajit Singh from Patna, India, pitched Shakti Sudha Makhana, a fascinating take on an AgTech opportunity from Bihar.

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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 growth. As founders, we were constantly pushing to become a 10x version of ourselves.

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Today’s 657th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 20 minutes, on Thursday, October 3, 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!

Bootstrapping Using Services from Pune: Mindbowser CEO Ayush Jain (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: So, six to seven years of Upwork. What revenue level were you able to reach? How many people did you have in the company?

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped an AI Startup First, Raised Money Later

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

Founder CEO Sean Minter has bootstrapped AmplifAI to $1M, and then raised over $15M in two rounds of financing. Read on to learn the nuances of his strategy and execution.

Sramana Mitra: All right, Sean, let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised? What kind of background?

Sean Minter: My background is Indian. My parents are from Indore and Bhopal in India. I’ve been in the US most of my life. I came here when I was three years old and was educated here.

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Bootstrapping Using Services from Pune: Mindbowser CEO Ayush Jain (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: I can resonate with the time that you’re talking about. In the last ten years, I would say things have really progressed. But at that time, it was still a bit early, especially for these kind of ideas. EdTech is notoriously hard to sell. And schools are notoriously hard to sell to.