Bootstrap an AI Startup First, Raise Money Later: Sean Minter, Founder CEO of AmplifAI (Part 1)

Sean has bootstrapped AmplifAI to $1M, and then raised over $15M in two rounds of financing. Read on to learn the nuances of his strategy and execution.

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Catching Up On Readings: WWDC 2024

This feature from Forbes covers the highlights of the Worldwide Developers Conference last week where Apple unveiled its own GenAI vision among other things. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Colors: Tranquility I

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Tranquility I

Tranquility I | Sramana Mitra, 2022 | Watercolor, Pastel, Ink | 8  x 8, On Paper

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Colors: Purnima II

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Purnima II

Purnima II | Sramana Mitra, 2022 | Watercolor, Pastel, Ink | 8  x 8, On Paper

June 20 – 644th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 644th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

643rd 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

Roundtable Recap: June 13 – Spotlight on Nigeria

During this week’s roundtable, we put the spotlight on a Nigerian startup.

Ruah Technologies

We had Levi Stephen from Abuja, Nigeria, pitch Ruah Technologies, a SaaS business.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Cloud Stocks: Will Google Acquire HubSpot and Enter the SaaS Business?

Inbound marketing specialist HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) recently reported its first-quarter results that continued to outpace market expectations. The company is seeing strong interest in the market because of talks about its acquisition by Google.