Roundtable Recap: January 24 – The Changing Dynamics of Seed Investing

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Preeti Rathi, Partner at Ignition Partners. We discussed the changing dynamics of Seed Investing.

Kitchens On Rent
As for pitches, first up, we had Mohit Walia, from Noida, India, pitch Kitchens On Rent, an innovative concept for leveraging spare capacity in restaurant kitchens. Mohit is a Zomato alum and has just launched his business.

T2India
Next, we had Sutanu Banerjee from New Delhi, India, pitch T2India, a BPO service catering to tour operators. The company is doing over a million dollars in annual revenue, and is looking for growth strategies.

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Roundtable Recap: January 16 – Spotlight on Entrepreneurship in Central Europe

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Ondrej Bartos, General Partner at Credo Ventures based in Prague, focused on investing in Central European startups. Their major success story is UiPath in robotics process automation that has raised $265 million at a $3 billion valuation. UiPath has over 2,100 customers and claims to have annual revenues of $150 million. We discuss the Romanian company in some detail.

WellWrap
As for the pitches, first up, we had Abi Kariguiddaiah, a 1Mby1M Premium member from Danville, California, pitch WellWrap.

SharesInside
Next, we had Dave Hannam from Zurich, Switzerland, pitch SharesInside, a company that is currently at a $1M ARR level.

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Roundtable Recap: January 10 – Spotlight on Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Vienna

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Daniel Keiper-Knorr, Founder and General Partner at SpeedInvest, a venture firm based in Vienna. It’s great to see exciting energy and activity in Vienna, one of my favorite cities.

Luvvul
As for entrepreneur pitches, first up, we had Nedra Fabito from Encinitas, California, pitch Luvvul, an app that allows stylists to shop effectively from across the Internet for fashion.

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Roundtable Recap: January 3 – Excellent Global Entrepreneur Pitches To Kick Off The New Year

During this week’s roundtable, the first of 2019, we worked on three wonderful pitches, and had a productive discussion on each. All three entrepreneurs are serious, realistic, receptive, and thus, the discussions were meaningful and impactful.

Astreal
First up, we had Prateeksha Satyamoorthy from Bangalore, India, pitch Astreal, a virtual tradeshow platform that I suggested she repositions. Listen to the discussion to learn what a repositioning exercise looks like.

Vyllage
Then Laura Borland from Sunrise, Florida, pitched Vyllage, an app to create local receivers of packages that normally get left on porches, leading to theft. Excellent idea, great value proposition!

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Roundtable Recap: December 18 – Tough Love Leads to Rapid Progress

During this week’s roundtable, I gave some very tough feedback to the entrepreneurs, and to my great satisfaction, they took it and I think, it made a difference. “Bitter pill to swallow,” said Sameeran Amarnath, but he did swallow it.

Rian
First up, we had Anand Shiralkar from Pune, India, pitch Rian, a Computer Aided Translation tool.

Sudofire
Next, we had Anshul Arora from Gurugram, India, pitch Sudofire, a rapid website development tool that is being leveraged to run a Do It For Me (DIFM) web development agency. The tool enables Sudofire to develop websites in 20 minutes. We discussed customer acquisition and working capital strategies.

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Roundtable Recap: November 20 – Spotlight on Digital Health Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Sara Sutton, Founder and CEO at FlexJobs, who explained her platform and its ability to connect job seekers looking for flexible work schedules with employers. We explored how the 1Mby1M community could use some of this for scaling companies with virtual teams.

Mindpax.me
As for the pitches, first up, Tomas Kovark from Forchheim, Germany, pitched Mindpax.me, a digital health solution for monitoring mentally ill patients and apprehending panic attacks and other hospitalization cases with preemptive interceptions.

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Roundtable Recap: November 14 – From Texas to Sierra Leone via Colombia

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Krishna Srinivasan, Founding General Partner at LiveOak Venture Partners, a firm focused on investing in Texas. Great conversation!

AlphaMERS
Pitching first, Sekhar DC from Bangalore, India, pitched AlphaMERS, a bootstrapped innovation company that is already profitable.

Bancalimentos
Then, we had Johana Forero from Bogata, Colombia, pitching Bancalimentos, a social enterprise catering to rural consumers, buying their trash with points, and letting them redeem the points for products. The company is also already profitable.

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Roundtable Recap: November 8 – What is a Full Stack Founding Team?

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner at ENIAC Ventures, who provided a great set of insights into his definition of a full stack founding team. Either a set of co-founders who cover all the requisite skill-sets, or a solo founder who is a full-stack person – both configurations can work. Listen to the discussion for more color on the topic.

World Xchange
Pitching first, Benjamin Cvetkovich from Loveland, Colorado, pitched World Xchange, a big idea for addressing a critical problem in information security.

Grollow
Then, we had Jeff Gentile from Greenville, South Carolina, pitch Grollow, another big idea on a next generation social network.

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