A Mini-MBA in Entrepreneurship for Working Professionals

Most adult professionals have jobs, families, and other responsibilities. People working in the tech industry have big salaries to forego if they want to start a company.

For ambitious folks who want to start a technology startup while working full-time, having a job means your income doesn’t depend on the immediate success of your startup business. We call this method Bootstrapping with a Paycheck and take entrepreneurs through the whole bootstrapping using a paycheck process with excellent case studies.

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603rd Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Today’s 603rd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, March 30, 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!

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Today’s 603rd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, March 30, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

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Best of Bootstrapping: Couple Bootstrapped an EdTech Company to $10M

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

Co-founders Mary Oemig and her husband, Eric, have been scrappy bootstrappers through a decade-long journey building Boom Cards and Boom Learning. Awesome story!

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?

Mary Oemig: I am the child of a blue-collar carpenter and a public school teacher who did, primarily, substituting. But my parents come from a long line of entrepreneurs. My grandfather on both sides of the family-owned their own businesses. My mom now runs the bar that she inherited on her side of the family. My dad founded his own construction company when I was young. I grew up in a world where entrepreneurship was normal even though it was in a small community in Idaho.

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A Conversation on Regional Language Content: Kocowa CEO KunHee Park (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: You became the CEO of Kocowa?

KunHee Park: No, CTO in the beginning. My original plan was to stay in the States for a year. After one year, they asked me to be the CEO. That was in 2018. Our seed money was very tiny. Seed money was just $15 million.

Sramana Mitra: That’s not tiny.

Thursday, March 30 – 603rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 603rd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 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!

A Conversation on Regional Language Content: Kocowa CEO KunHee Park (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Then what happens?

KunHee Park: I could not speak English at all at that time. It was my handicap. NDS is a global company. I could hear Indian English, British English, Hong Kong English, and American English. It was challenging for me. I tried to communicate properly. I tried to learn all the advanced technologies in paid TV technology. It’s based on encryption. There’s very advanced technology across manufacturers and service providers.

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped a Credit Card Processing Business to Exit

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

Payscape CEO Adam Bloomston had scaled a very simple business diligently and systematically when we spoke in 2014. Have a look at how. Payscape was acquired by Payroc in 2019.

Sramana Mitra: I want to go to the very beginning of your personal story, where are you from, where were you born, raised, and what kind of background?

Adam Bloomston: I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and studied at the University of Alabama. I moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 2000.

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