Roundtable Recap: March 11 – Tough Love

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Laurel Touby, Managing Director of Supernode Ventures, who spoke about pre-seed investing in Latin America. EBuzzSpace.com As for our entrepreneur pitch, we had George Kajaia from Tbilisi, Georgia, pitch EBuzzSpace.com. a very large, nebulous concept that he is trying to raise money for, but I think

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522nd Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting by @1mby1m

Today’s 522nd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, March 11, 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!

522nd Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting by @1mby1m

Today’s 522nd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, March 11, 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 to $7 Million: Constellix CEO Steven Job (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Steven has built a lean company with 37 people and has scaled it to $7 million. Read on to learn how. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of

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Bootstrapping from Guwahati: Anjan Pathak, CTO and Co-Founder of Vantage Circle (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Was Infosys paying you extra for doing this?  Anjan Pathak: No, they were not paying, because they were our first customer. We used to get a 5% discount on the gift vouchers. That was our primary revenue. Of course, there was a lot of incoming cash flow, but the primary revenue was anything

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Bootstrapping from Guwahati: Anjan Pathak, CTO and Co-Founder of Vantage Circle (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What was the business model?  Anjan Pathak: It’s very simple. Samsung might have a new phone on their website. They want to sell it directly to corporate employees, but they cannot. They need a medium to market themselves, so they give the deal or coupon to us which can be redeemed on their

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Thursday, March 11 – 522nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 522nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, March 11, 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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Bootstrapping from Guwahati: Anjan Pathak, CTO and Co-Founder of Vantage Circle (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. I am always thrilled to do stories of pioneering entrepreneurs building technology startups in remote locations. Anjan brings us into the nascent scene in Guwahati, in the North-East Indian state of Assam. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to the beginning of your journey. Where

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