January 23 – 469th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 469th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, January 23, 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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Roundtable Recap: December 19 – Wisdom for Startups Selling Deeptech to Enterprises

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Karthee Madasamy, Founder and Managing Partner at Mobile Foundation Ventures. Karthee and I discussed issues related to startups selling deeptech to enterprises. Find Me Parking As for pitches, first up today was Prashant Patil from Pune, India, pitching a concept-stage app for real time parking availability.

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468th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 468th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, December 19, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Building a Capital Efficient Startup from Nashville: David Stange, CEO of Beachy (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Where has Tennessee been an advantage? It sounds like you’re not scaling on the basis of these telephone calls. But you had to pound the pavements from a sales point of view through an online channel. David Stange: Yes. Nashville has been an advantage for us because we have direct  flights to every

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468th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 468th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, December 19 at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Building a Capital Efficient Startup from Nashville: David Stange, CEO of Beachy (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: It’s B2C? David Stange: B2B. Our product is strictly B2B. We have a B2B2C element. We currently have hundreds of hotels that use the Beachy system. It’s a three-part solution. We have an integrated online booking engine. When I make my hotel reservation, I can see a map and I’m prompted to reserve

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Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to $25 Million: Percona CEO Peter Zaitsev (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: You had a virtual company with developers mainly from Eastern Europe. Peter Zaitsev: Initially, yes. We gradually expanded to other countries. Now we have about 35 different countries. Sramana Mitra: It’s still a virtual company though.

Thursday, December 19 – 468th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 468th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, December 19, 2019, 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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