Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later to $120M from Colorado: Madwire CEO JB Kellogg (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How did you acquire customers for your digital marketing? JB Kellogg: We always say that we eat our own dog food. Everything that we do for ourselves is what we sell to our customers. We started doing digital marketing for ourselves which generated leads. We would call those leads and open those accounts.

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490th Roundtable Recording on June 18, 2020

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 490th 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs June 18, 2020

Roundtable Recap: June 18 – Focused Startups with Precise Problems to Solve

During this week’s roundtable, we had two entrepreneur presentations. Illogic.de First up was Markus Salamon from Reutlingen, Germany, pitching Illogic, a Machine Learning algorithm to predict the maintenance requirement of windmills. Jhamobi Technologies Next Prasanna Jha from Pune, India, pitched Jhamobi Technologies, a SaaS solution for schools to function as online entities in the post-Covid

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Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later to $120M from Colorado: Madwire CEO JB Kellogg (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This story discusses all sorts of interesting nuances, including DIFM vs. DIY. Read on. 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?

June 25 – 491st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 491st FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, June 25, 2020, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 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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490th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 490th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, June 18, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. PASSWORD: startup All are welcome!

Thursday, June 18 – 490th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 490th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, June 18, 2020, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 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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Roundtable Recap: June 11 – Spotlight on Retail Tech

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Vincent Diallo, Managing Partner at Interlace Ventures, a fund focused on Retail Tech. Yotta SecureAs for entrepreneur pitches, first up was Sunil Ravipati from Santa Clara, California, pitch Yotta Secure, a Healthcare IT venture. Hodi HodiNext Demba Sow from Alsace, France, pitched Hodi Hodi, a language

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