Bootstrapping to $10M+ from North Carolina: Carl Ryden, CEO of PrecisionLender (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What were you trying to build? Carl Ryden: I wanted to build software that helped manage configurations of home electronics. You can drag them on and it would tell you the best way to hook up your home stereo. It was called hookitupright.com. I built the application and put a lot of time

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Bootstrapping to $10M+ from North Carolina: Carl Ryden, CEO of PrecisionLender (Part 2)

Carl Ryden: We did the Thinkpad 350, 425, 701 and all of that. It was great fun. It was one of the best teams I had ever worked on. While I was there, IBM shutdown the PC company and moved it to Raleigh. They moved all the notebook development to Yamato Labs in Japan, and we were

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June 8 – 356th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 356th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, June 8, 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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355th Roundtable Recording on June 1, 2017

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Roundtable Recap: June 1 – Good Ideas From Around the World

During this week’s roundtable, we had five entrepreneurs share their business strategies. HOTransition Up first, Jude Onyema from Orlando, Florida, pitched HOTransition. Jude is a 1Mby1M Premium member. We’ve been working on his hospital discharge management system business for a few months now. Jude wanted to also poll the roundtable audience on some of his

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Bootstrapping to $10M+ from North Carolina: Carl Ryden, CEO of PrecisionLender (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Carl and his co-founders have bootstrapped Precision Lender to over $10M from North Carolina. It’s a superb story, including how the company has formulated an AI agent Andi. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were

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355th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 355th FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, June 1, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

355th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 355th FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, June 1, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!