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Roundtable Recap: October 16 – AI Investment Thesis with Sandeep Sardana, BluePointe Ventures
During this week’s roundtable, we had Sandeep Sardana, Founder and General Partner at BluePointe Ventures, discuss his firm’s vertical AI investment thesis. Beards & Shears As for the pitches, first up today, we had Shubham Mishra from Pune, India, pitch Beards & Shears, a men’s grooming brand. Korture Next we had Shishir Modur and SK
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped an E-commerce Venture to $50M
When we spoke in 2018, SmartBuyGlasses Co-CEO David Menning had bootstrapped a global e-commerce venture from Hong Kong to $50M. Splendid execution! 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? David Menning: I grew up in Sydney. I’ve
Startup Pakistan: Comparing Local Accelerators with 1Mby1M
The Accelerator Conundrum is a multipart series that challenges the prevailing wisdom of the tech startup ecosystem that entrepreneurs should Blitzscale out of the gate. Written by Sramana Mitra, the Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), the world’s first global virtual accelerator, it emphatically argues that a better strategy is to Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later, focus on
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped an EdTech Startup to Over $5M
LanguageBird CEO Karyn Koven has built a technology-enabled business that is already over $5M in revenue and sits at the cusp of a tremendous scaling opportunity by leveraging AI. If you are mulling AI startup ideas, this kind of tech-enabled service that is fully optimized with AI could create tremendous value. Sramana Mitra: All right,
Best of Bootstrapping: Niche Player Bootstrapped to $13 Million
I’m very bullish about market opportunities that are large enough to build sizable businesses but not large enough such that VCs end up funding numerous competing companies. This case study – my interview from 2018 with David Lloyd, Co-founder and CEO of The Intern Group – shows you how a niche player with a $150
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped an AI Startup to $10M
You hear about fast growth, bootstrapped AI startups. Here’s a great story about one. Undetectable AI CEO Christian Perry is not very interested in raising Venture Capital. Sramana Mitra: All right, Christian, let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background?
Bootstrapping an EdTech Startup with a Paycheck to over $5M: Karyn Koven, CEO of LanguageBird (Part 1)
Karyn has built a technology-enabled business that is already over $5M in revenue and sits at the cusp of a tremendous scaling opportunity by leveraging AI. If you are mulling AI startup ideas, this kind of tech-enabled service that is fully optimized with AI could create tremendous value.
Startup Latin America: Deep Dive Into Punta del Este’s Accelerator Ecosystem
The Accelerator Conundrum is a multipart series that challenges the prevailing wisdom of the tech startup ecosystem that entrepreneurs should Blitzscale out of the gate. Written by Sramana Mitra, the Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), the world’s first global virtual accelerator, it emphatically argues that a better strategy is to Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later, focus
