Roundtable Recap: April 23 – Do Not Spend Big Money on Free B-to-C Customer Acquisition

During this week’s roundtable, we had four serious entrepreneurs pitching from four distinctly different corners of the world.

Social&Care

Up first we had the recent winner of a 1Mby1M Basic scholarship sponsored by EIT Health, Ignacio Barraque from Zaragoza, Spain, pitched Social&Care, an elderly care solution.

ReferenceGlobe

Next, Nag Kukkadapu from Hyderabad, India, pitched ReferenceGlobe, an EdTech company that already has 175 colleges using its product.

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Roundtable Recap: April 17 – A Discussion on Concept-stage Financing

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner at Priven Advisors, advising Prime Venture Partners, a firm focused on core technology ventures in India. Unlike most VCs, Prime does concept-stage investments.

Oracle project

As for the entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Arun Philips from Bangalore, India, who is also an Oracle-sponsored 1Mby1M Premium member. He pitched a blockchain based impact assessment solution.

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Roundtable Recap: April 11 – Technologist Entrepreneurs Need To Learn Business

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Michael Smerklo, Co-founder and Managing Director at Next Coast Ventures. We discussed some of the ventures his firm has invested in and the philosophy in general.

XTend Online

As for the entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Chris Ziomkowski in Klong Luang, Thailand, pitching XTend Online, a high performance chip company.

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Roundtable Recap: April 4 – Two Indian Startups with Excellent Execution

During this week’s roundtable, we had two startups pitching. Both show excellent execution.

ShipSafe
Up first we had Andrews Chand from Noida, India, pitch ShipSafe, a marine vessel audit system that he has paying customers for. Excellent execution thus far and a very promising company.

Cricket Sporto
Next Jyothish Prakash, from Kochi, India, pitched Cricket Sporto, a cricket sporting equipment company that wants to operate on a hybrid model. Their current 3-store brick and mortar business generates significant revenue, and an e-commerce store is soon to be launched. Also excellent execution.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Roundtable Recap: March 28 – Large, Open Opportunities for Indian Entrepreneurs

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Hemant Mohapatra, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, India. Hemant talked about some of the large open opportunities in the Indian market that are of interest to him.

Overland Bound
As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Michael Murguia from Dublin, California, Overland Bound, an adventure travel app that is already monetizing through an annual subscription.

Kulfy App
Then, Basanth Valeti from New York, New York, pitched Kulfy App, a personalized gif platform, that is also monetizing through corporate events.

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Roundtable Recap: March 20 – How Large Companies Address Existential Threats

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Sumant Mandal, Managing Director at March Capital Partners, a firm that invests largely in enterprise facing businesses with deep technical differentiation. The conversation includes excellent insights into the changing dynamics of the networking space and how companies like Cisco and Juniper are managing their existential threats.

V Words!
Then, Tim Lieu from California pitched V Words! a mobile game that he wishes to raise money for. Unfortunately, games don’t get funded unless there is proven traction.

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Roundtable Recap: March 14 – Do NOT Write Software Without a Business Model Hypothesis

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest David Lambert, Managing Director at Right Side Capital Management, a firm that invests small chunks of capital in capital efficient ventures. The firm is very much in line with the Bootstrapping to Exit philosophy we’ve been discussing.

Mopstar
As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Ajay Nagar from Frisco, Texas, pitching Mopstar. The company has started generating small amounts of revenue from early customers, and shows good early promise.

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Roundtable Recap: March 7 – Fascinating Ventures with Good Early Traction

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Rahul Chowdhri, Investor at Stellaris Venture Partners, who shared some fascinating examples of consumer ventures catering to the next 400 million consumers in India.

Neeman’s
As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had 1Mby1M Premium member Taran Chhabra from Hyderabad, India, pitching Neeman’s, a new shoe brand that is getting great traction in the Indian market.

Tibot
Next, Faisal Basar and Shahid Bandarkar from San Francisco, California, pitched Tibot, an AI-powered telehealth app to support dermatology care.

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