Thursday, April 26 – 396th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 396th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/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 questions. Others can register

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Bootstrapping a Global E-Commerce Company: SmartBuyGlasses CEO David Menning (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: How big is your team now? David Menning: 150. Sramana Mitra: What percentage of that is in Australia? David Menning: We actually don’t have any staff in Australia at the present time. Sramana Mitra: That’s interesting. How did that happen?

Bootstrapping a Global E-Commerce Company: SmartBuyGlasses CEO David Menning (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: In terms of customer acquisition, what has been the driving narrative? What strategies worked for you? David Menning: It really comes down to the discipline of how one runs the business and how one runs a marketing team. There’s discipline and then as a result of that, how you apply marketing efforts to

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April 26 – 396th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 396th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/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 questions. Others can register

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Roundtable Recap: April 18 – Do NOT Spend All Your Savings on a Startup Venture

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Paolo Juvara, Group Vice President, Oracle Applications Lab, Oracle. Oracle has been a partner of 1Mby1M since 2013 and has built its internal innovation program on the 1Mby1M Incubator-in-a-Box platform. In this session, Paolo and I discussed the secrets of the success of the program. A

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Bootstrapping a Global E-Commerce Company: SmartBuyGlasses CEO David Menning (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back a little bit to the chronological story. In 2007, did you open up all of these English-speaking markets? David Menning: It was a step-by-step approach. In 2007, we were still trying to improve the Australian market. We were trying to improve the experience of the customer. Eyeglasses is quite a

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395th Roundtable Recording On April 18, 2018: With Paolo Juvara, Oracle

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here. The interview begins at 42:00:

Bootstrapping a Global E-Commerce Company: SmartBuyGlasses CEO David Menning (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Google AdWords did exist already. Google AdWords was easier because it wasn’t as competitive and the prices of keywords was lower. David Menning: That was the main marketing channel in that initial period. There were also a few marketing channels that existed. You may recall comparison shopping was also a big thing back

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