Bootstrapping First from Colorado, Then Scaling with VC Funds: Faction CEO Luke Norris (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: At this point, the revenue that you’re making is from this product that you just demonstrated at VMWare? Luke Norris: A third of our revenue is from that. The other third is through the sharing of networking and sharing of compute resources. Sramana Mitra: The revenue that is coming from this product, who

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Thursday, September 19 – 457th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 457th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, September 19, 2019, 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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Bootstrapping First from Colorado, Then Scaling with VC Funds: Faction CEO Luke Norris (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Where were you based while you were doing all this? Luke Norris: I was still in Denver. At that time, I was working a lot in New York. I didn’t have a permanent place out there, but I was there several weeks a month. Sramana Mitra: What happens next and what year are

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456th Roundtable Recording on September 12, 2019

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Bootstrapping First from Colorado, Then Scaling with VC Funds: Faction CEO Luke Norris (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Luke has executed a tremendously effective Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later strategy with Faction. 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? Luke Norris: I was born in

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September 19 – 457th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 457th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, September 19, 2019, 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: September 12 – Services Startups Offer Great Bootstrapping Platforms

During this week’s roundtable, we had a comprehensive discussion about a small services business that is already in revenue. Unlike many in the industry, I am a big fan of services businesses because they provide excellent bootstrapping capability. If you build a strong services business, you create for yourself options. You can use the services

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456th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 456th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, September 12 at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!