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The Ultimate 1Mby1M Decision Guide: 1Mby1M Support for Bootstrapping
What if I want to bootstrap and not raise outside funding – will 1Mby1M support that path? Absolutely! 1Mby1M is not only supportive of bootstrapping, but it actively promotes and provides a comprehensive playbook for it. Our core philosophy and offerings are deeply aligned with the bootstrapped path.
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped with a Paycheck to $7M
This conversation from 2023 with AIScreen CEO and Co-founder Nikita Sherbina is a classic bootstrapping story with a very small team to serious revenue. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background? Nikita Sherbina: I was born and
Best of Bootstrapping: Serial Entrepreneur Bootstrapped PropTech Ventures
LuxuryProperty Founder Jason Hayes has worked at the cusp of real estate and digital marketing for 35 years and built three successful ventures. All of them are bootstrapped, organically grown, and capital efficient businesses. Here is our discussion from 2023. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from?
Do Not Chase Investors Before Chasing Customers
Sridhar Vembu built Zoho with zero outside funding to a billion-dollar ARR SaaS company. I wrote the first piece ever written on him in 2007 in my Forbes column. No one had yet heard of Zoho. But VCs were already salivating. Sridhar validated my philosophy of how I advise startups when he came to see
Roundtable Recap: August 7 – 1Mby1M AI Star Data Poem’s Investor Pitch
During this week’s roundtable, first we had Jean-Philippe ‘JP’ Persico, Cofounder and Managing Partner at shuckerVC, discuss his firm’s investment thesis. Data Poem As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Bharath Gaddam from New York pitch Data Poem. Bharath is a premium member of the 1Mby1M program and has bootstrapped an AI venture
Startup Funding is a Low Probability Game
Startup funding is a low probability game. LESS than 1% GET funding. Over 99% get rejected. How do you play this game and win? Learn from great Unicorn founders like Fred Luddy (ServiceNow), Christian Chabot (Tableau), and Greg Gianforte (RightNow). Entrepreneurs typically go to VCs like beggars. Is there a better way? You bet there
New AI Cybersecurity Startup Case Studies Course and Coupons
Cybersecurity is one of the most dynamic sectors in tech, and one of the most challenging for startups to break into. Our new course, AI Cybersecurity Startup Case Studies, is designed to help you navigate this high-stakes industry with real-world examples of startups using AI to solve today’s most urgent security problems. Whether you’re an
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Art.com First, Raised $30 Million Later
Art.com Co-founder Josh Chodniewicz bootstrapped for 10 years before raising a $30 million first round of funding. He shared his journey with me in 2022. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raise, and in what kind of background? Josh Chodniewicz: I was born