Bootstrapping by Piggybacking: Evenica CEO Sadek Ali (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You started doing programming work for this one company. What happens after that? Sadek Ali: Once I had gotten that particular gig, the actual relationship lasted about two years. It happened to be with OpenText. This is where I got immersed with search technologies. I fell in love with them at that time.

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Bootstrapping by Piggybacking: Evenica CEO Sadek Ali (Part 1)

Sadek has built an e-commerce platform company for the mid-market within the Microsoft ecosystem. Read on to learn more. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Sadek Ali: I was born in Canada. I grew up

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January 6 – 558th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 558th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, January 6, 2022, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 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

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557th Roundtable Recording with Eva Yazhari, Beyond Capital Ventures

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 557th 1Mby1M Roundtable with Eva Yazhari, Beyond Capital Ventures

Roundtable Recap: December 16 – Spotlight on Impact Investing

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Eva Yazhari, General Partner at Beyond Capital Ventures, discussing Impact Investing in Africa and India. Magic Orb As for entrepreneur pitches, we had Tarek Mhiri from Tunis, Tunisia, pitch Magic Orb, a micro-mentoring service for US universities to recruit international students. You can listen to the

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557th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 557th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, December 16, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

Bootstrapping Using Services to a Fabulous Exit from Ohio: Gathi Analytics CEO Vamsi Kora (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: There are some pedagogy that we have come to understand. As I told you, I’ve done thousands of case studies. I have a lot of insight into how people have played their hands. Because you have domain knowledge, a very common way is to verticalize and go after specific verticals. Vamsi Kora: That’s

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Bootstrapping Using Services to a Fabulous Exit from Ohio: Gathi Analytics CEO Vamsi Kora (Part 3)

Vamsi Kora: We decided to focus on our core strength, which is leveraging platforms and products that exist in the marketplace and leverage our services that we built so far, keep maturing them, and provide these as accelerators. In that sense, this is more akin to the business approach of Palantir. You bring two critical

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