557th Roundtable Recording with Eva Yazhari, Beyond Capital Ventures

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Roundtable Recap: December 16 – Spotlight on Impact Investing

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Eva Yazhari, General Partner at Beyond Capital Ventures, discussing Impact Investing in Africa and India.

Magic Orb

As for entrepreneur pitches, we had Tarek Mhiri from Tunis, Tunisia, pitch Magic Orb, a micro-mentoring service for US universities to recruit international students.

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping Gravity Pro Using Services

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

Sylvana Caridi Coche, CEO of Gravity Pro, has an aura of no nonsense, no bs confidence about her that I find immensely attractive. Read her story to feel the force of sheer energy, smarts, and execution to learn how she did it!

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as Gravity Pro.

Sylvana Caridi Coche: I’m 42. I was born and raised in France. My parents were from Italy. They moved from Italy to France to find work because, at that time, it was hard for them because they were both illiterate. I was the last kid and grew up in a very low-class environment. I studied all the way to my doctorate, but I did not do my thesis because I went to work.

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557th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 557th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, December 16, 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!

Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: AfterShip CEO Andrew Chan (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: When you look at the app stores of Shopify and BigCommerce, do you see opportunities for new apps or new services that new entrepreneurs could build?

Andrew Chan: Definitely. We’ve extended into after and before shipping. E-commerce merchants these days are using so many different solutions. Many SaaS solutions for e-commerce are not designed for e-commerce. I’ll give you an example. MailChimp is a great solution but is not really designed for e-commerce brands. Many solutions start to go back to email marketing solutions for brands. That’s an opportunity.

Cloud Stocks: Smartsheet Focuses on PaaS Growth

According to a recent report by Verified Market Research, the global enterprise collaboration market size is projected to grow at 9% CAGR from $29.45 billion in 2020 to $53.3 billion by 2028. Smartsheet (Nasdaq: SMAR) recently announced its third-quarter results that continued to outpace market expectations.

Bootstrapping Using Services to a Fabulous Exit from Ohio: Gathi Analytics CEO Vamsi Kora (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: There are some pedagogy that we have come to understand. As I told you, I’ve done thousands of case studies. I have a lot of insight into how people have played their hands. Because you have domain knowledge, a very common way is to verticalize and go after specific verticals.

Vamsi Kora: That’s exactly what we did. If you look at our customer base today, every one of them is in either insurance or banking. We are also very specific. I came to realize is that this blind belief that playing to your strength always appeals to me. Everybody has their strengths and weaknesses. Playing to your strength always gives you so much freedom and opportunity.

Best of Bootstrapping: Happy Grasshopper CEO Dan Stewart Bootstrapped to Inflection

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

Dan Stewart was a 1Mby1M entrepreneur when we spoke in 2017. Read how he navigated his way to an inflection point that brought him to the cusp of 4x growth.

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?

Dan Stewart: My family moved around quite a lot as I was growing up. I rarely stayed in a school for more than a year. That took me from West Virginia and Chicago, down to Florida.

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