Roundtable Recap: January 6 – Bootstrapping to Exit and Bootstrapping Products Using Services

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Deepak Balakrishna, Co-founder CEO of Adya, which was acquired by Qualys. Deepak was in the 1Mby1M program, and I had introduced him to Qualys. We reviewed his lessons from the trenches, steering a Bootstrapping to Exit transaction. CMD As for entrepreneur pitch, we had Bijay Mitra

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558th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 558th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, January 6, 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!

558th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 558th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, January 6, 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 by Piggybacking: Evenica CEO Sadek Ali (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: They replaced you as the CEO. Sadek Ali: They tried to. I was the Founder and CTO. My business partner was the CEO. They hired a CEO. Sramana Mitra: The business got replaced by their CEO. Sadek Ali: Yes. Sramana Mitra: That didn’t go well.

Bootstrapping by Piggybacking: Evenica CEO Sadek Ali (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: You joined that other company, but you kept the software services that was going in parallel. Sadek Ali: Correct. Then we ended the business when I went to New York. From there, I came home because I felt that I had enough experience to do my own raise with my own ideas. In

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Thursday, 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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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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