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Angel Capital
Scaling with Angel Money Only in Canada: Joel Lessem, CEO of Firmex (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: There are tons of unhealthy business practices. Pursuing growth at all cost tends to make people practice unhealthy business practices. We don’t believe in that. We believe in sustainable growth. We are much more in tune with what you’re doing. We actually appreciate what you’re doing. The more fundamental-driven approach is what we
Scaling with Angel Money Only in Canada: Joel Lessem, CEO of Firmex (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: Talk to me a bit about the verticals where you have good adoption. You have a horizontal platform product. What vertical is your strongest? Joel Lessem: Investment banking is 30% of our business. Sramana Mitra: What’s the next one? Joel Lessem: Law firms are 20%. Sramana Mitra: Is there any other dominant vertical?
Bootstrapping with Angel Money: Josh Levy, CEO of BeenVerified (Part 1)
Building businesses has become cheaper by several orders of magnitude. Josh Levy and his team took just over $2 million in angel financing, and has built a profitable business in New York. For those entrepreneurs facing the Series A crunch, this is an important story to follow. You will do fine if you have patient
Raising $20 Million from Angel Investors: Everyone Counts CEO Lori Steele Contorer (Part 1)
Here’s a ‘what not to do’ lesson from Lori, except, she didn’t have any choice. A story of resilience that is now turning a corner, preparing for much bigger growth. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of
Raising Money From 75 Angels: Manmeet Singh, CEO of Dataguise (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: This is from VCs or angels? Manmeet Singh: It was angels but most of these angels were working as partners in large VC corporations. They go personally to these conferences. They came by my booth, saw my idea, and asked me, “How many people?” I told them three. They were interested and asked me if I
Seed Capital: Kosch Capital Management Managing Partner Scott Kosch
Sramana Mitra: Hi, Scott. Tell us briefly about your background. Scott Kosch: I studied economics and psychology at Claremont McKenna College, prior to trying out management consulting, and then business school at Wharton, but all along I was interested in entrepreneurial pursuits. I’ve worn many hats: company founder, advisor, and investor. My passion has remained with
Incubators: Can You Identify 10 Promising Entrepreneurs?
By guest author Irina Patterson Look around your incubator. Can you identify 10 promising entrepreneurs? Could you use 1M/1M to accelerate them? They will start with the 1M/1M curriculum. Get help with their positioning. They will be guided through customer validation and customer acquisition, get media exposure, and gain access to Silicon Valley decision makers.
1M/1M: How We Will Interface With AngelList
In our recently concluded interview series with AngelList cofounder Naval Ravikant, we discussed how AngelList and 1M/1M will be interfacing. Below, I am synthesizing the discussion. AngelList gets more than 7,000 deals a year at this point, and this is sure to increase over time. According to Naval, more than 95% of these deals are
