Bootstrapping to $5 Million: Under30Experiences CEO Matt Wilson (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Matt has built a fan business using content marketing to sell travel experiences to a millennial demographic. Very cool! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where did you grow up and in what kind of background? Matt

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Bootstrapping with Services from Michigan: Amjad Hussain, CEO of Algo.ai (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How big is the team in Detroit? Amjad Hussain: Our total team size, including engineering, data science, and implementations, is a little over 50 people. We do not have any subcontracting or offshoring going on. Since we live in a very competitive and global landscape, we have to work in a very efficient

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Bootstrapping with Services from Michigan: Amjad Hussain, CEO of Algo.ai (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: At the very beginning, when you got this customer, what did you do for them? What did you propose to them that you were going to do that got you that customer? Amjad Hussain: They had a need for a very specific warehouse management application for complex product categories that had a lot

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Bootstrapping with Services from Michigan: Amjad Hussain, CEO of Algo.ai (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You came to Michigan straightaway? Amjad Hussain: Yes, just because of where I landed my first job. I came to Detroit and I have lived here for 23 years. This is the longest that I have lived in any given place. Sramana Mitra: What job did you come with? Amjad Hussain: Since all

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Bootstrapping with Services from Michigan: Amjad Hussain, CEO of Algo.ai (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  I am always thrilled to see great entrepreneurship in various parts of the world that are off-center. Well, here’s a great one from Detroit. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in

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424th Roundtable Recording on November 20, 2018: With Sara Sutton, FlexJobs

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

Roundtable Recap: November 20 – Spotlight on Digital Health Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Sara Sutton, Founder and CEO at FlexJobs, who explained her platform and its ability to connect job seekers looking for flexible work schedules with employers. We explored how the 1Mby1M community could use some of this for scaling companies with virtual teams. Mindpax.me As for the

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424th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 424th FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Tuesday, November 20, 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!