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
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
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 557th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, December 16, 2021, 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
Sramana Mitra: How long did you stay with Nationwide? Vamsi Kora: I stayed until 2007. I became a full-time employee in an initial management position. Then in 2007, I moved across town to join JP Morgan. JP Morgan bought Bank One. I kept on growing in my career rapidly. I felt that my two interests
Vamsi has bootstrapped Gathi to over $26M in revenue in four years and exited at a fabulous multiple. Much to learn from his journey. 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?
Most businesses can be launched in a capital efficient manner. Most businesses can go a long way in a bootstrapped mode. As long as you’re not taking on capital guzzlers like drug discovery or semiconductor chips, you have many options to explore. At 1Mby1M, we don’t insist on fund raising. A bootstrapped, capital-efficient, million dollar
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 557th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, December 16, 2021, 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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