Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping a Niche E-commerce Brand

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We’ve talked about niche, proprietary e-commerce brands and how entrepreneurs are building businesses around different concepts. Founder Eric Shannon shared the story of Big Barker, a dog bed for large dogs, with me in 2017.

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?

Eric Shannon: I was born in Pennsylvania in a suburb about 45 minutes outside of Philadelphia. I went to Temple University. I was a Finance major. After school, I moved to California and took a job in banking. I hated it and was terrible at it. I had a couple of other jobs and eventually discovered the internet side of the economy. I became very attached to it. I started in that industry in 2004.

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Best of Bootstrapping: Couple Bootstrapped to $10M from Colorado

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Love and startups go hand in hand for AdCellerant Co-founders Brock Berry and Shelby Carlson, who are helping media companies generate seven-figure revenue streams. Here is our conversation from 2017.

Sramana Mitra: Whoever wants to start, 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?

Brock Berry: Thanks for having us. I’m the Founder and CEO of AdCellerant. I’m from Indiana where I grew up and spent the first 23 years of my life before I was compelled to move to Colorado where the weather is a little friendlier and there were a few more work opportunities.

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Catching Up On Readings: Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25

This report from Gartner ranks the top 25 healthcare supply chain for 2023. Cleveland Clinic takes the top spot followed by Corewell Health, AdventHealth, Stanford Health Care, and Advocate Health. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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627th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: December 14 – Discussions of Some FinTech Ideas

During this week’s roundtable, we discussed two FinTech ideas.

Dinio

First, we had Richard Carrion in Puerto Rico pitch Dinio, a digital bank for Puerto Rico.

Safemultiple

Then Dayanand Menashi from Connecticut pitch Safemultiple, a valuation service for tech startups.

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped a SaaS Company from Finland

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Vainu.io Co-founder Mikko Honkanen has steadily built an excellent SaaS company from Finland and when we spoke in 2017, was expanding into the US as well. Read on for more.

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?

Mikko Honkanen: I was born in a small town in Finland, 20 miles up north from Helsinki. I studied at Helsinki School of Economics. I also studied at Oxford. Then I spent the last 10 years in the SaaS business. I spent almost seven years at a Norwegian company called Meltwater.

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627th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

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Today’s 627th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, December 14, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!