352nd Roundtable Recording On May 11, 2017: With Ron Heinz, Signal Peak Ventures

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Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace to $10M: Sal Akbani, CEO of Gateway Classic Cars (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Why Kentucky? Sal Akbani: Because it was closer and safer, and I only had so much money to spare. Sramana Mitra: How did that pan out? Sal Akbani: Really well. It’s one of our best-performing showrooms for the last four years.

May 18 – 353rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 353rd FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, May 18, 2017, 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 Two-Sided Marketplace to $10M: Sal Akbani, CEO of Gateway Classic Cars (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Would you say, looking back, that was not the right market to go into? Sal Akbani: It was actually a good market. We just didn’t know what the heck we were doing. Sramana Mitra: What do you think, looking back, did you not do or were not doing right? Sal Akbani: Managing. We

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Roundtable Recap: May 11 – Startups in the Rocky Mountain Corridor

During this week’s roundtable, our guest was Ron Heinz, Founder and Managing Director at Signal Peak Ventures, a venture firm operating mostly in the Rocky Mountain corridor out of Utah. Ron and I discussed what’s happening in Utah, as well as Colorado and Arizona. We’ve covered a number of companies from that area including Pluralsight,

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352nd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 352nd FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, May 11, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace to $10M: Sal Akbani, CEO of Gateway Classic Cars (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: We’re now at the end of 2000. You’ve got this model that is validating. You’re starting to make a little bit of money with which you can pay yourself. What are the next key strategic moves and what were the next key inflection points in the business? Sal Akbani: The next strategic move

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Capital Efficient Entrepreneurship: Bonanza Co-Founder Mark Dorsey (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How did you mitigate the constrained budget? Mark Dorsey: I’m really proud of this. It’s something that we take a lot of pride in. We identified that we had a very rabid seller fanbase who were willing to do whatever it took to make our company the most successful marketplace online. Realizing that,

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