Thursday, November 10 – 596th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 596th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 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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Best of Bootstrapping: Pura Vida Founders Bootstrapped to $130M

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

When we spoke in 2020, Pura Vida CEO Co-founder Griffin Thall and his partner had turned an investment of $200 into a $130 million company. Amazing execution!

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?

Griffin Thall: I grew up in LA. I went to school at San Diego State. After graduating from college in 2010, my business partner and I went on a trip to Costa Rica. We were there for five weeks to travel, surf, and explore.

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Evgen Verzun, CEO of Kaizen Finance (Part 1)

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Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: EdgeVerve CEO Sateesh Seetharamiah (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s pick three use cases and talk about what problem are you solving. What is exciting about that use case?

Sateesh Seetharamiah: I’ll pick three use cases that are publicly available. One of them is Philips. Philips had an opportunity to drive tremendous automation in its entire accounting and finance space. They had hundreds of people. Reliability was not up to the mark. There was a tremendous opportunity not just in terms of automation but also in terms of timely and efficient interventions.

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Onit Founder CEO Eric Elfman has built two sizable companies in legal tech from Houston, Texas. Great journey!

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?

Eric Elfman: I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. I had a different educational journey compared to a lot of entrepreneurs. I dropped out of high school when I was in 10th grade and joined the Navy. The Navy turned me around and straightened me out. There, I figured out that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. 

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Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to EdgeVerve.

Sateesh Seetharamiah: I’m the CEO of EdgeVerve. EdgeVerve is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys. I’m an entrepreneur. I started companies and then later joined Infosys to see how similar startup ideas could be harnessed in the context of large enterprises. That’s what I’ve been doing. EdgeVerve is one example of taking innovation in large enterprises for large enterprises.