According to a recent report, the global AI chip market is projected to grow at 20% CAGR to reach $311.6 billion by 2029 from $123.16 billion in 2024. The growth in the market is driven by the increasing adoption of AI technologies and applications across various industries, including BFSI, healthcare, retail & e-commerce, and media & entertainment. One player benefiting from this growth is Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) that recently announced its quarterly results.
>>>Sramana Mitra: What do you want to see in a company? What is the stage of development of the company that you want to see before you’re willing to write a check?
Lisa Chai: We want to see some type of product that you’ve already developed like a demo. If you have a couple of pilot customers, that’s wonderful.
>>>This week, we’re discussing how the Age of AI is also the golden age of Bootstrapping, and also of Solo Entrepreneurship. Yes, you CAN and SHOULD bootstrap with a Paycheck. Yes, you CAN and SHOULD bootstrap to an Exit.
Are you trying to do a startup as a SOLO entrepreneur? Your time has come.
Are you trying to do a startup as a SOLO entrepreneur? And are people telling you that you can’t? They’re wrong. You CAN. But there are complexities you need to understand. Let’s discuss the nuances.
Fred Luddy bootstrapped ServiceNow as a Solo entrepreneur bootstrapping with a paycheck. He went on to raise a lot of VC funding. And, he went on to build a Unicorn.
If you are a solo entrepreneur doing a startup for the first time, assume you have to bootstrap.
Lisa Chai, Co-founder and General Partner at Interwoven Ventures, discusses her firm’s investment thesis.
>>>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 – Riverside VII
Riverside VII | Sramana Mitra, 2018 | Watercolor, Ink, Pastel | 9 x 12, On Paper
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 – Riverside VI
Riverside VI | Sramana Mitra, 2018 | Watercolor, Ink, Pastel | 9 x 12, On Paper
Are you struggling with attracting customers? There’s a very good chance that your Positioning is off. Positioning drives Product Market Fit (PMF). You HAVE to get it right. Let’s discuss how.