Roundtable Recap: March 11 – Tough Love

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Laurel Touby, Managing Director of Supernode Ventures, who spoke about pre-seed investing in Latin America.

EBuzzSpace.com

As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had George Kajaia from Tbilisi, Georgia, pitch EBuzzSpace.com. a very large, nebulous concept that he is trying to raise money for, but I think is unfundable.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Bootstrapping to $7 Million: Constellix CEO Steven Job (Part 1)

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

Steven has built a lean company with 37 people and has scaled it to $7 million. Read on to learn how.

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?

Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Brian Phillips, CEO of MedShift (Part 1)

Brian talks about IT in the medical aesthetics world.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s introduce MedShift and yourself to our audience. 

Brian Phillips: Thanks for having me. I’m the CEO of MedShift. We are a medical technology company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

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Roundtable Recap: March 4 – Covid’s Impact on Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest John Frankel, Partner at ff Venture Capital. We had an extensive discussion about Covid’s impact on the startup ecosystem, the changes we notice, so forth.

IBEDx

As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Kaustubh Kashyap and Ismail Umar from Dubai, UAE, pitch IBEDx, an EdTech venture.

Digial Sound Catcher

Next, Manuel Mionl from Las Vegas, NV, pitched Digital Sound Catcher, a chip venture.

Safe Deal

Then, Chen Osipov from Fremont, California, pitched Safe Deal, a browser extension for safe shopping.

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: OppFi CEO Jared Kaplan (Part 1)

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

Consumer credit is getting destroyed at a furious pace. OppFi helps credit-challenged borrowers access credit and heal their credit scores.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s introduce OppFi and yourself to our audience.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund was recorded in October 2020.

Elizabeth Yin is General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed investment firm.

Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Criteria CEO Josh Millet (Part 1)

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

Josh has bootstrapped Criteria to almost $5M in revenue before raising funding.

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?

Roundtable Recap: February 18 – Seed-stage Deep Tech Investing with Rajeev Madhavan, Clear Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Rajeev Madhavan, Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures, a firm focused on seed-stage deep tech investing.

Live MOMO

As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Filip Todd pitching Live MOMO, a travel concept that leverages the remote work trend. Within 1Mby1M, we have an experienced entrepreneur pursuing my idea Startup Ideas for the Post Covid World: Facilitating Travel Experiences. Filip may benefit from connecting with this effort.

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