December 3 – 511th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 511th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, December 3, 2020, 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 an E-Commerce Startup from Utah: KURU CEO Bret Rasmussen (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: The product mix is still shoes, right? Because you understand that your customer has foot pain, you are still addressing that customer with just shoes and not any other kind of product.  Bret Rasmussen: Largely yes. We do have some socks that have some compression technology in them to help support the foot.

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Roundtable Recap: November 19 – Seed Funding for B-to-C Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Vishesh Rajaram, Managing Partner, Speciale Invest, who discussed his fund’s investment thesis. AYA AsYouAre As for entrepreneur pitches, we had Sunali Aggarwal from Chandigarh, India, pitch AYA AsYouAre, a matchmaking site for LGBT in India. This discussion would be useful for any entrepreneur considering funding for

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510th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 510th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, November 19, 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!

510th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 510th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, November 19 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 an E-Commerce Startup from Utah: KURU CEO Bret Rasmussen (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What did you learn by way of customer acquisition channels? Which ones were producing against this strategy? Bret Rasmussen: Search engine was very effective. We could solve a real problem that customers have, so the search engine is a great place when you know what you want. For example, you want shoes for

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Bootstrapping an E-Commerce Startup from Utah: KURU CEO Bret Rasmussen (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s get back to the question I asked. How did you get to the product? Since you didn’t have the expertise, who designed the product? How did you get it to a version one product? Bret Rasmussen: I worked with a local design firm. While researching on patents, I got a book called

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509th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording on November 12, 2020: With Ashmeet Sidana, Engineering Capital

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 509th 1Mby1M Roundtable November 12, 2020: With Ashmeet Sidana, Engineering Capital