1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners (Part 1)

Keith Bank is Founder CEO at KB Partners, a venture firm focused on sports technology.

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Lauren Patrick, CEO of Healthmonix (Part 1)

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

Fascinating view into quality monitoring in healthcare.

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

Lauren Patrick: I’m the Founder and CEO of Healthmonix. I started the company in 2009. It’s been 11 years. We help care providers provide better evidence-based care and better outcomes for patients in the United States.

Roundtable Recap: January 14 – Entrepreneurs from Smaller Cities

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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Mark Achler, Managing Director at MATH Venture Partners. The discussion focused on B-to-B selling as a key factor in startup success.

Makerspad.ai

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Pavan Gourisetty from Campbell, California, pitching Makerspad.ai, an e-commerce analytics venture.

E-Panipuri Cart

Next, Harish Neotia from Ranchi, India, pitched E-Panipuri Cart, a machine for auto-dispensing the famous Indian street food, Panipuri.

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping a Niche E-Commerce Venture

I’ve always been bullish about niche e-commerce. Here’s the story of an entrepreneur who has successfully bootstrapped a company in high-end light fixtures, Elite Fixtures CEO Steven Annese.

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?

Steven Annese: I’m a child of an Italian immigrant. I was born in New Jersey. It was in the 70s when most of the Italians migrated.

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Roundtable Recap: January 7 – Lean Startups vs. Fat Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Venktesh Shukla, General Partner at Monta Vista Capital. I have known Venk for more than 20 years, and we discussed both industry trends and his fund strategy.

Amelia

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Holger Ippach from Los Altos, California, a drone based logistics solution venture.

Share

Next, Jack Jia from Vancouver, Canada, pitched the Share app, a social media app for connecting neighbors.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Gooten CMO Mark Kapczynski (Part 1)

A deep dive into the custom e-commerce world.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by having you introduce yourself as well as Gooten to our audience.

Mark Kapczynski: I’m the Chief Marketing Officer here at Gooten. I’ll first say that Gooten has now entirely moved to working virtually. We used to be headquartered in New York. Now we are completely virtual with our entire executive team spread throughout the United States. We have embraced the situation that we are in.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Semyon Dukach, Managing Partner at One Way Ventures (Part 1)

Semyon Dukach is Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, a VC fund focused on immigrant founders.

Sramana Mitra: We are going to have a conversation with Semyon Dukach, the Managing Partner at One Way Ventures. Let’s introduce our audience to yourself as well as to One Way Ventures. 

Bootstrapping Using Services, Managing a Successful Pivot: Oomnitza CEO Arthur Lozinski (Part 1)

Arthur talks about an excellent pivot that is quite enlightening.

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?