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.

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Cloud Stocks: Zendesk Adds Products, While Freshdesk Keeps Acquiring

Recently, CRM service player Zendesk (NYSE: ZEN) announced its fourth-quarter results that surpassed the market’s expectations. Rival Freshworks also released a peek into its financials that reveals stellar growth. Many believe that Freshworks may be eyeing a listing this year.

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.

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

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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?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Mark Achler of MATH Venture Partners 2021 (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 Mark Achler of MATH Venture Partners was recorded in January 2021.

Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners, focuses on B2B selling as a key factor in startup success.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Suman Talukdar, Founder and Managing Partner at AiSprouts.VC (Part 1)

Suman Talukdar is Founder and Managing Partner at AiSprouts.VC.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Venktesh Shukla, General Partner at Monta Vista Capital (Part 1)

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Venktesh Shukla is 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.

Cloud Stocks: Amazon After Jeff Bezos

According to a recent report from eMarketer, despite a challenging year for retail in 2020, worldwide retail e-commerce sales grew 28% with sales exceeding $4 trillion. Total worldwide retail sales declined by 3% during the year and economies worldwide are facing recessionary conditions. But the pandemic and lockdown conditions have accelerated the spread of e-commerce. Growth is expected to continue even in 2021, albeit at a slower pace. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently reported its fourth quarter results that clearly benefitted from this growth.