Colors: Norwegian Winter 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 – Norwegian Winter I

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

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566th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Julie Lein, Urban Innovation Fund

Julie Lein, Managing Partner at Urban Innovation Fund, discusses pre-seed and seed funding in companies focused on the betterment of cities.

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566th Roundtable Recording with Julie Lein, Urban Innovation Fund

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Colors: Winter Moon III

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 – Winter Moon III

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

4X Serial Entrepreneur from India: Kashyap Deorah, CEO of HyperTrack (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: So you had Naren on your Board for a while?

Kashyap Deorah: Yes. I said, “I’ll go with Nexus if you’re on the Board. Would you have the bandwidth for me?” He said, “I have all the time in the world.” He actually lived that. I never felt short of time with him. He would make time with me.

Sramana Mitra: Tell me about the business. You had early customers and validation. You had a significant financing round. What were the next major milestones?

March 10 – 567th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 567th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, March 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!

Dealing with Major Market Shifts: Aphrodite’s CEO Jonathan Foltz (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: When does the acquisition happen?

Jonathan Foltz: After that, I was thinking that e-commerce is the way. We did $5 million in a month. Then I decided to raise money. We send the pitch deck out. We got a lot of interest. We came across a family office. The family office loved what we had. We gave them the story.

They said, “We love your company, but we only invest in public companies.” I never really thought about being a public company. I was always okay being private. I can do it, but do I want to do it.

Roundtable Recap: March 3 – Discussion on Pre-Seed Financing

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Julie Lein, Managing Partner at Urban Innovation Fund discussing Pre-Seed and Seed funding in companies focused on the betterment of cities.

IdeaMySpace

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Sidhartha Domathoti from Hyderabad, India, pitch IdeaMySpace, a vertically integrated business for designing and building homes.

Nriway

Next we had Chintesh Chopkar from Nagpur, India, pitch Nriway, a 2-sided marketplace for NRIs to get tasks done in India.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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