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Featured Videos

Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to Scale: Lily Stoyanov, CEO of Transformify (Part 1)

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

Lily has built a virtual company with zero employees, all freelancers and scaled it without outside financing.

Read on for more.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to you. Where are you from? Where did you grow up? Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey.

Roundtable Recap: April 30 – Counter-cyclical Ventures in this Covid-19 World

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Nick Adams, Managing Partner and Co-founder at Differential Ventures, an enterprise focused firm. We discussed counter-cyclical ventures in this Covid-19 world.

Menerva Software
As for entrepreneur pitches, Geetha Ramaswamy from Chicago, Illinois, pitched Menerva Software, a software services company that is bootstrapping towards a product.

C-Way Electric and Autonomous Vehicle
Next, we had Ssemakula Luyima from South Africa pitch C-Way Electric and Autonomous Vehicle.

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Roundtable Recap: April 23 – Discussion on Vertical Marketplaces

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Garrett Goldberg, Partner at Bee Partners. Garrett discussed his firm’s enterprise focused investment thesis, including some unique insights on SaaS-powered vertical marketplaces.

The Steel Store

As for entrepreneur pitches, Rajat Jain from Toronto, Canada, pitched The Steel Store, a steel marketplace.

Kids Dance Revolution

Next, we had Diane Tinsley from New York, NY, pitch Kids Dance Revolution, an event-focused business that faces tough times in the pandemic era.

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Roundtable Recap: April 16 – Global Entrepreneurship Continues Amidst Pandemic

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Joshua Posamentier, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Congruent Ventures, a firm focused on sustainability oriented technology ventures.

Mark N Park
As for entrepreneur pitches, Sanket Thodge from Pune, India, pitched the Mark N Park app, a parking
optimization solution.

VacaShopping.com
Next, we had Matias Larroulet from Buenos Aires, Argentina, pitching VacaShopping.com, a B-to-B marketplace for the oil and gas sector in Vaca Muerta, a province of Argentina.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Roundtable Recap: April 9 – Business as Usual

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Ritesh Agarwal, Co-founder and Managing Director CerraCap Ventures, a deep tech focused early stage firm.

Ecoin
As for entrepreneur pitches, we had Abhyuday Das and Krishna Yogi from Bangalore, India, pitching Ecoin, a
cryptocurrency venture.

DepartDiscount
Next, Zoe Frantzeskakis from East Lansing, Michigan, pitched DepartDiscount, an app to help short-term rental hosts differentiate.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Roundtable Recap: April 2 – Pivoting in the Age of Coronavirus

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Darshana Zaveri, Managing Partner at Catalyst Health Ventures. We discussed the firm’s medical device focused investment thesis, including the nuances of epidemiologic diagnostic that are currently immensely relevant. The Catalyst investment team also includes Managing Partner Josh Phillips and Principal Neil Swami.

Canvia

As for entrepreneur pitches, we had Rahul Ranjan from the San Francisco Bay Area in California, presenting Canvia by Palacio. Rahul is a premium member of the 1Mby1M program. The current collapse of the hospitality industry requires him to vastly modify his strategy.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Relatient CEO Michele Perry (Part 1)

Direct and efficient patient communication is key, we discover in the age of pandemic.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to Relatient and to yourself.

Michele Perry: I’m the CEO here at Relatient. I’ve been the CEO since August 2017. A little bit about Relatient, we’re a healthcare IT company focused on patient outreach. We allow our providers to relate to their patients.