Building a Cutting Edge Drone Technology Company: Tom Walker, CEO of DroneUp (Part 1)

The drone industry is a massive beneficiary of the Corvid pandemic. Read how Tom has shepherded DroneUp to hyper-growth from its bootstrapped beginnings and a slow start.

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: End of The Crypto Party

This feature from The Wall Street Journal looks at the crash in the cryptocurrency industry, which was built on swagger, enthusiasm, and optimism. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

579th Roundtable Recording with Evan Zimmerman, Jovono

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Roundtable Recap: June 16 – Proof Points Reign in Pre-Seed and Seed

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Evan Zimmerman, Chairman of Jovono, discuss his fund’s investment philosophy, especially around pre-seed and seed.

AdCreative.ai

As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had Gaurav Henry from Bursa, Turkey, pitching AdCreative.ai, an excellent revenue generating business that automates the production of ad creatives for digital marketing.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Colors: Printemps VI

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 – Printemps VI

Printemps VI | Sramana Mitra, 2020 | Watercolor, Pastel, Brush Pen | 9  x 12, On Paper

June 23 – 580th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 580th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, June 23, 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!

E-Commerce Unicorns 2022: Jokr Faces Troubles and Shutters US Operations

According to a report published last year, the global same day delivery market was expected to grow 21% annually to reach $20.36 billion by 2027. Several companies are trying to address the instant delivery requirements by setting up of micro fulfillment centers. But sustaining a profitable, and an attractive business model is appearing to be a challenge.

Best of Bootstrapping: PrecisionLender Bootstrapped to Over $10M from North Carolina

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

CEO Carl Ryden and his co-founders had bootstrapped Precision Lender to over $10 million from North Carolina when we spoke in 2017. This is a superb story, including how the company has formulated an AI agent, Andi.

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?

Carl Ryden: I was born in North Carolina. I grew up in eastern North Carolina in a little town called Goldsboro. Folks don’t know where that is. It’s about halfway between Raleigh and the coast. For folks who do know, I would later confess that I’m not really from Goldsboro. I’m from an area of a county that’s closest to Goldsboro, deep in the rural part of North Carolina.

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