Bootstrapping to Exit from Saudi Arabia: Emad Daghreri, Co-Founder CEO of Autobia (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Interesting. This particular project that really gave you this breakthrough situation, was it paid or was it just a complimentary thing that you were doing for Mr. Ahmed?

Emad Daghreri: It was a complimentary thing.

Sramana Mitra: So, once this worked, you took it to other people to replicate this kind of situation.

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Bootstrapping to Exit from Saudi Arabia: Emad Daghreri, Co-Founder CEO of Autobia (Part 1)

Emad bootstrapped his first company and took it public in the junior stock exchange in Saudi Arabia. He is now doing a second company. This interview focuses on his bootstrapping to exit story with the first one.

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

August 22 – 651st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 651st FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, August 22, 2024, 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!

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Roundtable Recap: August 15 – AI Investment Thesis Discussion with Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Nexus Venture Partners

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Partner at Nexus Venture Partners. Nexus has been investing in AI startups for over a decade. It was an excellent and insightful discussion.

HourlyStay.com

As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had Suman Biswas from Kolkata, India, pitch HourlyStay.com, an hourly hotel room booking venture.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Rajeev Madhavan, Clear Ventures (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Now, are you seeing the AI startups also starting to do services work? I have seen several instances where they have AI capability, but they’re actually going to market with large projects where they provide product and also do the services as one solution.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: With Rajeev Madhavan, Clear Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: There’s another factor to consider. There’s this company called Tempus that went public in June this year. I don’t know if you’re tracking them. Tempus is an AI company that focuses on the pharmaceutical industry. It has all kinds of pharmaceutical use cases and healthcare use cases. It doesn’t look like a language model-based solution. It’s an older company, obviously. It already has revenue of over $500 million.

650th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Today’s 650th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, August 15, 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!