May 29 – 687th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 687th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, May 29, 2025, 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.

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686th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Lisa Chai, Interwoven Ventures

Lisa Chai, Co-founder and General Partner at Interwoven Ventures, discusses her firm’s investment thesis.

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686th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: May 22 – AI Investment Thesis with Lisa Chai, Interwoven Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had Lisa Chai, Co-founder and General Partner at Interwoven Ventures, discuss her firm’s investment thesis.

Additive Fabrication Semi-Conductor Revolution

As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had Aman Gupta and Abyaz Adam from Bihar, India, pitch Additive Fabrication Semi-Conductor Revolution.

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Bootstrapping a High Growth Cyber Security Venture with a Paycheck: Christian Geyer, CEO of ACTFORE (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Wow. So, by this time you have spun out into a separate entity?

Christian Geyer: Not yet.

Sramana Mitra: Not yet. So, this $18.3 million is happening within, as a subdivision of the original company. Okay, and you’re probably making a lot more money than the original company, right?

Cloud Stocks: Amazon Looks to Embed AI Across its Entire Portfolio

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently announced its first quarter results that surpassed market expectations, but the on-again-off-again tariffs did not go well with its outlook. The stock fell 2% in the after-hours trading session.

686th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 20 Minutes

Today’s 686th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 20 minutes, on Thursday, May 22, 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!

Best of Bootstrapping: Entrepreneurial Couple Bootstrapped with a Paycheck to Millions

Nomad Lane Co-Founders Kish Vasnani and Vanessa Jeswani bootstrapped to multi-million dollars in revenue selling a private label product before quitting their jobs. In this story, you also get to see the nuances of running successful (and not so successful) crowdfunding campaigns. Their very interesting journey and insights were shared with me in 2021.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to the very beginning. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in background?

Kish Vasnani: I was born in Jaipur, India and moved to the US when I was about one year old. I grew up around the Atlanta area and finished school there. I moved to New York to help a friend of a friend start a software company, which was also bootstrapped. We were able to sell that to Thomson Reuters. I had the itch again to go out on my own. Very candidly, I was also fired from a couple of other jobs over the course of two years.

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