The Startup Velocity Question: MicroVC Portfolios

As of December 31, 2023, in the United States alone, there are 54,000 venture funded startups.

Let us refresh our memories on what constitutes the Venture Capital model: hyper growth startups that grow at an exponential pace. Companies that can go from 0 to $100M in revenue in 5-7 years.

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Bootstrapping First, then Raising Money to Build a $10M+ Generative AI Startup: Anthony Scodary, Co-Founder of Gridspace (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: I have one last question on the engineering stack. To what extent were you able to leverage existing models and components that are out there? To what extent did you have to kind of do things from scratch?

Anthony Scodary: That’s a good question. In general, we try to build everything in Gridspace from scratch, but I’ll try to answer your question in as much detail as I can.

The Startup Velocity Question: Accelerator Portfolios

There are over 7000 Incubators and 3000 Accelerators around the world by now. On average, they take 25-30 companies per cohort, give each $15k-$150k in pre-seed funding, and off the bat, drive them to seek exponential growth funded by Venture Capital.

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The Startup Velocity Question: The Churn Issue

The market is full of companies facing velocity issues due to high churn.

Somehow or the other, they may have managed to sell subscriptions to enterprises, SMBs or individuals.

Cloud Stocks: Twilio Builds its AI Portfolio

Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) player Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) recently announced its first quarter results that outpaced market expectations. Twilio continues to focus its efforts on integrating its Segment acquisition into the core business.

Bootstrapping First, then Raising Money to Build a $10M+ Generative AI Startup: Anthony Scodary, Co-Founder of Gridspace (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to your company building. You bootstrapped for a year and a half to product. Then you had started getting these paid pilots. Did you raise any money or is it fully bootstrapped all along?

The Startup Velocity Question: Selling Pieces of a Company

I once worked on a company that was #4 in its market. 

The market itself was actually two different markets, one smaller, and one very large.

May 23 – 641st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 641st FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, May 23, 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!