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Cloud Stocks: Newly Public HashiCorp Focuses on a $73B Infrastructure-as-a-Code Market

Posted on Monday, Mar 14th 2022

According to an IDC report, the global public cloud services market is expected to grow to $676.1 billion by 2024. Within the market, infrastructure, security, networking, and applications markets are estimated to grow from $41.7 billion in 2021 to $72.5 billion by 2026. San Francisco-based HashiCorp is a leading player in the market that recently went public.

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From Hardcore Techie to Successful Entrepreneur: Cybellum CEO Slava Bronfman (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Mar 14th 2022

Slava was a Cyber Security geek in the Israeli military. In this interview, he tells the story of his transition to a successful entrepreneur.

Cybellum has been acquired by LG but continues to operate as an independent business unit subsidiary within the conglomerate. Awesome story with numerous lessons for geeks who aspire to be entrepreneurs.

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?

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Catching Up On Readings: 2022 Blockchain 50

Posted on Sunday, Mar 13th 2022

This research report from CB Insights lists the top 50 most promising Blockchain and Crypto companies for 2022. The 2022 Blockchain 50 cohort has raised $17.1B in aggregate funding across 216 deals since 2016. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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Israeli Founders Building a FinTech Venture: Omri Dor, Co-Founder and COO of Obligo (Part 6)

Posted on Sunday, Mar 13th 2022

Sramana Mitra: Have you done any of these integrations?

Omri Dor: Generally yes.

Sramana Mitra: At what point in your evolution did integration start to happen?

Omri Dor: I would say that’s a part of the never-ending product-market fit search. You start your work in New York. Then you start to leave. What do you find? Larger landlords and property managers use different software that requires integrations. They will say, “I will not work with your product unless you’re fully integrated.” You keep finding these blocks. Do you change your product or go after a different market?

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Colors: Norwegian Winter III

Posted on Sunday, Mar 13th 2022

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 – Norwegian Winter III

Norwegian Winter III | Sramana Mitra, 2020 | Watercolor, Brush Pen | 9  x 12, On Paper

Israeli Founders Building a FinTech Venture: Omri Dor, Co-Founder and COO of Obligo (Part 5)

Posted on Saturday, Mar 12th 2022

Sramana Mitra: How does that work out ROI-wise? $3,000 is the security deposit and $10 a month. For how long? Is there a cap?

Omri Dor: We’ve done a lot of experiments since. The price is in the range of 6% to 12% APR on your deposit. If you choose the Obligo service and keep your $3,000 deposit and invest that with something that returns more than 6%, you are making money. Let alone if you have credit card debt. For the renter, there is a value.

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567th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Zain Jaffer, Blue Field Capital

Posted on Saturday, Mar 12th 2022

Zain Jaffer, Partner at Blue Field Capital, discusses trends in PropTech.

567th Roundtable Recording with Zain Jaffer, Blue Field Capital

Posted on Saturday, Mar 12th 2022

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