564th Roundtable Recording with Rahul Chandra, Arkam Ventures

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

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Roundtable Recap: February 17 – Spotlight on Indian Venture Capital

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Rahul Chandra, Managing Director at Arkam Ventures, a veteran of the Indian Venture Capital industry. The discussion spanned historical context to current Unicorn mania. Great analysis!

Lumenasia

As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Ashwini Padiyar from Mumbai, India, pitch Lumenasia, a firm assembling manufacturing reps for the lighting industry.

Hyberconnect

Then we had Rajiv Kumar Singh from Asansol, India, pitch Hyperconnect, an electric vehicle charger company.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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February 24 – 565th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 565th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 24, 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!

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From Developer to Successful Machine Learning Entrepreneur: Aparna Dhinakaran, Co-Founder, CPO of Arize (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: So what use cases did you find the maximum traction in?

Aparna Dhinakaran: AdTech click-through rate is a common use case. Fraud is a big one. Lending is a big one. Demand forecasting is another big one. There are these common use cases.

Sramana Mitra: Are you direct selling?

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping KURU Footwear from Utah

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

To succeed in e-commerce today, you need to look for unserved niches with unique products. Learn how KURU Footwear Founder Bret Rasmussen bootstrapped an e-commerce startup from Utah.

Sraman a Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?

Bret Rasmussen: I was born in Utah, but my parents quickly moved to Indiana. We actually lived a few years in Italy until I was about eight or nine years old. Then we moved to Taiwan and then back to Indiana. I graduated high school in Texas and then I went to college out west here in Utah. 

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564th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 564th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, February 17, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

564th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 20 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 564th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 20 minutes, on Thursday, February 17, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

From Developer to Successful Machine Learning Entrepreneur: Aparna Dhinakaran, Co-Founder, CPO of Arize (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How did you generate inbound interest?

Aparna Dhinakaran: Cold emails. It works. I just told them that I’m building a company focused on ML observability. We spent months doing this. Every call we were on, we showed them our mocks. We asked them for feedback. At the end of these calls, people would say, “When is this going to be released?” We started to build up a list of alpha users.