Roundtable Recap: July 29 – How Itai Sadan Bootstrapped Duda First with a Paycheck and then Raised $100 Million

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Itai Sadan, Co-founder and CEO of Duda. I first met Itai back in 2013 and started getting to know his story. It’s a compelling case study of bootstrapping with a paycheck and then raising significant funding to scale over more than a decade.

Escrow Protocol

As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Dennis Schulte from Toronto, Canada, pitching Escrow Protocol, a 2-sided marketplace for milestone-based funding.

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Building a Unicorn and Establishing the Customer Success Category: Nick Mehta, CEO of Gainsight (Part 1)

I spoke with Nick back when Gainsight was very young. Much has happened since. This conversation catches us up on the interim years since 2013.

Gainsight recently raised money from Vista Equity at a $1.1 billion valuation.

Roundtable Recap: July 22 – Conversation with Geoff Ralston, President of Y Combinator

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Geoff Ralston, President of Y Combinator. We had a terrific discussion on what we each are seeing in the ecosystem.

Re:Mind

As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had Bindu Thirupathi from Bengaluru, India, pitch Re:Mind, a wellness wearable.

CultureTalk

Then, 1Mby1M Premium members Theresa Agresta and Cynthia Forstmann pitched CultureTalk, a corporate culture solution.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Video FAQs

Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Ben Hodson, CEO of JobNimbus (Part 1)

Ben is a serial entrepreneur with a long experience in bootstrapping and fundraising. Read on to see how he has navigated his journey.

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

Navigating Multiple Product Pivots: Jebbit CEO Tom Coburn (Part 1)

Tom discusses a very important aspect of building a product company: pivots.

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?

Tom Coburn: I was born in a suburb outside of Boston, Massachusetts. It’s where the Boston Marathon starts. I grew up there and lived there all my life. I went to high school there at a local public high school. I ended up going to Boston College. I went there to study Biology and become a doctor. I ended up dropping out. I’d also picked up Theology as a double major. I was studying science and religion and ended up doing a marketing technology and data company instead.

Roundtable Recap: July 15 – The Definition of Success is Personal

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Ben Narasin, Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital, a new Seed fund.

Agricoltura

As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had Davide Balbi, from Cassino, Italy, pitching Agricoltura, a farming venture.

PontApp

Next, we had Charvi Garg from New Delhi, India, pitching the PontApp, a scheduling app that she needs to position more precisely.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Karthee Madasamy, Founder and Managing Partner at Mobile Foundation Ventures (Part 1)

Karthee Madasamy is the Founder and Managing Partner at Mobile Foundation Ventures. We discuss the nuances of Deep Tech investing.

Sramana Mitra: Karthee has been here before. We are going to catch up and level set on how COVID has been and how the ecosystem around us is evolving. Welcome back. It’s great to see you. 

Karthee Madasamy: It’s great to see you too. Thank you. 

Roundtable Recap: July 8 – Building HubSpot to a Unicorn: Dharmesh Shah’s Amazing Entrepreneurial Journey

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Dharmesh Shah, Founder and CTO of HubSpot. Dharmesh discussed his entrepreneurial journey with candor, humility and generosity. Wonderful conversation.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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