July 28 – 584th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 584th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, July 28, 2022, 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!

Featured Videos

CLEAR Leverages Whyline Acquisition for Growth

As the pandemic restrictions have eased, air travel has increased significantly. The number of air passengers carried from January to April 2022 increased by 65%, while aircraft flight departures increased by 30% during this period. Recently listed CLEAR (NYSE: YOU) is a leading provider of biometrics screening for security services used especially at airports. The company is benefiting from this increased travel.

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: NorthOne CEO Eytan Bensoussan (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: First, what is your background?

Eytan Bensoussan: What I did prior to this was helpful, but they were adjacent. I studied Mathematics and Biochemistry. In the iterations of my career, I did a law and MBA program. Not connected to this thing, but they were iterative pieces. Then I spent six years at McKinsey, which gave me an eye-opening view. I was seeing what was happening in Europe and seeing the way that FinTech was emerging in the early 2010s. I combined that with this understanding of the problem from my childhood, I quit my job, and went to go work on it. I got started on NorthOne.

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Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Bill Bruno, CEO of D4t4 (Part 1)

With more people on the Internet and more connected devices, the touchpoint for Cyber Fraud is increasing exponentially. We deep dive into problems, solutions, open problems, and entrepreneurial opportunities.

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

Bill Bruno: I’m the CEO of D4t4 Solutions. It’s a publicly-traded company out of the UK. I’m based in Chicago. Our company is focused on helping clients activate and make better use of data across all of their digital touch points.

Colors: Age of Innocence I

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 – Age of Innocence I

Age of Innocence I | Sramana Mitra, 2021 | Watercolor, Pastel, Brush Pen | 8  x 8, On Paper

ThoughtWorks Continues to Acquire

According to a recent report, the US-based IT consulting market is estimated to grow 2% to $546.9 billion market in 2022. Recently listed tech consultant company ThoughtWorks (Nasdaq: TWKS) is expanding its market presence through acquisitions and partnerships.

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: NorthOne CEO Eytan Bensoussan (Part 1)

FinTech companies are difficult to get off the ground. This case study is a deep dive into how Eytan managed to get to the seed funding round and marshal capital to go to the next level.

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

Student Developers Bootstrapping with a Paycheck, Then Growing to a Million Users: Ben Spring, CEO of TryHackMe (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Can you talk to me about the competition? There is a whole bunch of players in the EdTech space who also cater to the same customers that you are interested in. Pluralsight is a very good example. Who else do you consider as a competitor?

Ben Spring: There are a couple of labs in the industry. They all have their own USP. Where TryHackMe is really strong is delivering training content to an individual. We heavily embed gamification into the product to make it engaging and fun. A lot of our competitors are catering to the enterprise space.