Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Ben Hodson, CEO of JobNimbus (Part 2)

Ben Hodson: Later, that code ended up evolving into something that could auto-rekey those servers without ever having any downtime. We dubbed it Encryption Management. We hadn’t come up with all of that at the time when we were doing this business plan competition, but that was the seed of that idea. The business plan

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Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Ben Hodson, CEO of JobNimbus (Part 1)

Ben is a serial entrepreneur with a long experience in bootstrapping and fundraising. Read on to see how he has navigated his journey. 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 did you have?

July 22 – 539th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 539th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, July 22, 2021, 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

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538th Roundtable Recording with Ben Narasin, Tenacity Venture Capital

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 538th 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs with Ben Narasin, Tenacity Venture Capital

Roundtable Recap: July 15 – The Definition of Success is Personal

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Ben Narasin, Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital, a new Seed fund. Agricoltura As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had Davide Balbi, from Cassino, Italy, pitching Agricoltura, a farming venture. PontApp Next, we had Charvi Garg from New Delhi, India, pitching the PontApp, a

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538th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 538th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, July 15, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

538th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 15 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 538th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 15 minutes, on Thursday, July 15, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

Bootstrapping for 30 Years: Dean Guida, CEO of Infragistics ( Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: What was the next product shift? Dean Guida: We started investing more in marketing, PR, and sales. We rode a whole bunch of technology waves. We went from the C and C++ market and started competing in the Visual Basic market. We then started shifting to selling Visual Basic developers. That just opened

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