Roundtable Recap: January 7 – Lean Startups vs. Fat Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Venktesh Shukla, General Partner at Monta Vista Capital. I have known Venk for more than 20 years, and we discussed both industry trends and his fund strategy. Amelia As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Holger Ippach from Los Altos, California, a drone based logistics

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514th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 514th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, January 7, 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 Using Services, Managing a Successful Pivot: Oomnitza CEO Arthur Lozinski (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: You said that this was a fast transactional sale that was solving a big problem. Can you succinctly summarize what the problem was that you were speaking to and successfully closing deals on? Arthur Lozinski: The way that the companies were thinking about this problem was like checking a box. You work in

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Bootstrapping Using Services, Managing a Successful Pivot: Oomnitza CEO Arthur Lozinski (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: You have ten customers that you got rapidly. Where are we in the chronology? What year are we in now? Arthur Lozinski: 2014.  Sramana Mitra: What kind of contract sizes was this from a financial point of view?

Bootstrapping Using Services, Managing a Successful Pivot: Oomnitza CEO Arthur Lozinski (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Why did you go after this kind of problem set? Did you have any background in this?  Arthur Lozinski: I spent a little time at SAP, but Trent and I decided that we wanted to build the greatest enterprise software company ever. This was in 2010. We were two guys in our early

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Thursday, January 7 – 514th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 514th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, January 7, 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

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Bootstrapping Using Services, Managing a Successful Pivot: Oomnitza CEO Arthur Lozinski (Part 1)

Arthur talks about an excellent pivot that is quite enlightening. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?

Bootstrapping a Technology Product Company from India: Sachin Bhatia, Founder of Ameyo (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: I think the obsession in the US is misplaced. The methodology that we teach is to find the gap. Where is the gap where you can cost-effectively sell and have a good customer acquisition and not mindlessly chase after the US? Sachin Bhatia: One should not believe that success in one market means

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