A Conversation About Sexual Harassment with Janine Yancey, CEO of Emtrain (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: I actually don’t think it’s a problem. You’ve built a reasonable, profitable company that you own yourself with a small group of team members. You’re at $5 million in revenue. I don’t see why you apologize for it. Janine Yancey: I guess the reason why is, I look back and I cringe at

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A Conversation About Sexual Harassment with Janine Yancey, CEO of Emtrain (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What was an average deal size when you were selling these to your first batch of clients? Janine Yancey: I believe the first actual client was Intuit. I think it was $30,000 for their whole organization. It was significantly discounted. Some of the first clients were organizations that I had relationships with. Sramana

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Thursday, February 22 – 387th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 387th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, February 22, 2018, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/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 questions. Others can register

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A Conversation About Sexual Harassment with Janine Yancey, CEO of Emtrain (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s do the Entrepreneurs Journeys story. When did you step out of your Google affiliation and start this company? Janine Yancey: In 2004 or 2005. I was still practicing law through the end of 2005. I had formally started Emtrain as a corporation because I’m a lawyer so it’s an easy enough thing

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A Conversation About Sexual Harassment with Janine Yancey, CEO of Emtrain (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Janine has built a $5M a year bootstrapped business in the realm of legal training for employment and workplace issues. A core part of her expertise is in sexual harassment and related concerns that are currently hot topics in the industry. This is a must-read interview

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February 22 – 387th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 387th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, February 22, 2018, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/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 questions. Others can register

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386th Roundtable Recording On February 14, 2018: With Daniel Cohen, Viola Ventures

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

Roundtable Recap: February 14 – GMV and Revenue Need Clear Distinction in Marketplaces

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Daniel Cohen, General Partner, Viola Ventures, who discussed the Israeli startup market and his firm’s focus within that segment. Sagisu As for entrepreneur pitches, 1Mby1M Premium member Mithun Kadur from Monroe, NJ, pitched Sagisu, a logistics and transportation marketplace company focused on Indian enterprises. Sagisu is

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