From Solo Entrepreneur to Serial Exits: Shane Neman, CEO of EZ Texting (Part 1)

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

Shane started as a solo entrepreneur and built two companies, bootstrapped both, and found successful exits for each.

Read on for more on his journey.

Sramana 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?

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Udemy Courses Based on 1Mby1M Methodology

Over the years, we have developed a proven methodology for building tech startups. We recently started packaging the 1Mby1M methodology into short courses on Udemy. The courses are very reasonably priced. In addition, Udemy offers them at deep discounts from time to time. This is an extension of our strategy to democratize entrepreneurship education at scale, globally.

Below are the courses so far. To apply current discount coupons, click on your course within the blog series found HERE.

Bootstrapping:

Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later with Sramana Mitra

Bootstrapping a Startup with a Paycheck with Sramana Mitra

Bootstrapping a Startup with Services with Sramana Mitra

How to Bootstrap Startups by Piggybacking with Sramana Mitra

How to Bootstrap a Startup to Exit with Sramana Mitra

How To Succeed As A Solo Entrepreneur with Sramana Mitra

How Investors Think:

VC Due Diligence Questions For Startups With Sramana Mitra

Alternatives to Unicorn Chasing Investors with Sramana Mitra

How Pre-Seed Investors Think About Startups with Sramana Mitra

How Seed Investors Think About Startups with Sramana Mitra

Post-Seed and Pre-Series A Investors on Startups with Sramana Mitra

How Seed Investors Think About Deep Tech with Sramana Mitra

How Investors Think About Startups in India with Sramana Mitra

How Investors Think About European Startups with Sramana Mitra

How Investors Think of Startups in Latin America with Sramana Mitra

How Investors Think About Startups in the Midwest with Sramana Mitra

How Women Investors Think About Startups with Sramana Mitra

Lessons From The Trenches:

From Developer to Entrepreneur Case Studies | Sramana Mitra

How To Build Unicorn Tech Startups with Sramana Mitra

Entrepreneurship Case Studies from India 1 with Sramana Mitra

Entrepreneurship Case Studies from Europe 1 with Sramana Mitra

How to Build Tech Startups in Latin America with Sramana Mitra

Keys to Success for Women Entrepreneurs with Sramana Mitra

How Non-Technical Founders Build Startups with Sramana Mitra

Domain-specific Case Studies and Startup Ideas:

Generative AI Startup Strategy Case Studies | Sramana Mitra

PropTech Startup Case Studies with Sramana Mitra

Student Entrepreneur Startup Case Studies with Sramana Mitra

Startup Ideas for the Post Covid World with Sramana Mitra

How to Build E-commerce Startups with Sramana Mitra

How to Build 2-Sided E-commerce Marketplaces with Sramana Mitra

How To Build AI Startups with Sramana Mitra

How to Build Online Education Startups with Sramana Mitra

How to Build Digital Health Startups with Sramana Mitra

How to Build an Online Fashion Startup with Sramana Mitra

How to Build an IoT Startup with Sramana Mitra

How to Build a FinTech Startup with Sramana Mitra

How to Build a Cyber Security Startup with Sramana Mitra

How to Grow Communities of Entrepreneurs with Sramana Mitra

How to Teach Technology Entrepreneurship with Sramana Mitra

How to Build a Tech Entrepreneurship Blog with Sramana Mitra

We will continue to publish new courses throughout the year.

Roundtable Recap: April 22 – Investors Should Take Solo Founders More Seriously

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Michael Smerklo, Co-founder and Managing Director at Next Coast Ventures. We had a terrific conversation about a range of issues including solo founders and their ill treatment by VCs.

We also had a conversation with entrepreneurs Jill and Rick Howard, who have just joined the 1Mby1M Premium program.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Tim Guleri, Managing Director at Sierra Ventures 2021 (Part 1)

Tim Guleri is Managing Director at Sierra Ventures. We have a terrific discussion on Business Model Innovation and Distribution Innovation that Tim believes trumps technology innovation. We go through some excellent examples. Do check it out!

Sramana Mitra: Let’s welcome Tim Guleri from Sierra Ventures. I have known him for a very long time. I am a big fan of Sierra Ventures and all the work that the firm does. I have a personal story with Sierra Ventures which I will tell you about in a moment. Thank you for coming.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Laurel Touby, Managing Director at Supernode Ventures 2021 (Part 1)

Laurel Touby, Managing Director of Supernode Ventures, talks about pre-seed investing in Latin America.

Sramana Mitra: How has COVID been? How have you been? How has the business environment for you been?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With John Frankel, Partner at ff Venture Capital 2021 (Part 1)

John Frankel is Partner at ff Venture Capital. We had an extensive discussion about Covid’s impact on the startup ecosystem, the changes we notice, so forth.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s catch up. How has the pandemic year been? What are you doing these days?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Rajeev Madhavan, Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures 2021 (Part 1)

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

Rajeev Madhavan is Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures, a firm focused on seed-stage deep tech investing.

Sramana Mitra: We are going to start today’s session with a conversation with Rajeeev Madhavan, the founder and general partner of Clear Ventures. I have known him for a long time. He has been here before. You may have listened to his previous session. It has been a while and we want to catch up. Welcome back to the show!

Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Chris Sullens, CEO of CentralReach (Part 1)

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

Chris talks about a set of vertical solutions in the autism care space. Fascinating conversation!

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your story. Let’s introduce our audience to yourself as well as CentralReach.