Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Ben Hodson, CEO of JobNimbus (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Did you get the funding first before building the product or vice versa? Ben Hodson: We built the product for the funding. It would not have gotten the funding if it weren’t for the product and the first customer. We had been raising money for a year and a half. I have probably

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July 29 – 540th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 540th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, July 29, 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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Roundtable Recap: July 22 – Conversation with Geoff Ralston, President of Y Combinator

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Geoff Ralston, President of Y Combinator. We had a terrific discussion on what we each are seeing in the ecosystem. Re:Mind As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had Bindu Thirupathi from Bengaluru, India, pitch Re:Mind, a wellness wearable. CultureTalk Then, 1Mby1M Premium members Theresa Agresta and

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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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