514th Roundtable Recording on January 7, 2021: With Venktesh Shukla, Monta Vista Capital

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 514th 1Mby1M Roundtable Jan. 7, 2021: With Venktesh Shukla, Monta Vista Capital

January 14 – 515th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 515th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, January 14, 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 5)

Sramana Mitra: How much did you raise this year? Arthur Lozinski: We raised $12.5 million.  Sramana Mitra: What metrics did you raise on? Arthur Lozinski: We believe that we have a massive market. We have tons of customers who agree. We are growing at a nice rate. We think that the market opportunity is growing.

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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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