350th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 350th FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, April 27, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

350th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 350th FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, April 27, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Master Bootstrapper with a Billion Plus in Exits: Bhavin Turakhia, CEO of Directi and Flock (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How long did you go in this mode of in-person selling? What kind of revenue level did that get you to? Bhavin Turakhia: In that first set of businesses, which we call the web presence business, I actually did in-person selling for the better part of six years. Sramana Mitra: There’s no choice.

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Master Bootstrapper with a Billion Plus in Exits: Bhavin Turakhia, CEO of Directi and Flock (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What was the first business that you and your brother launched? Bhavin Turakhia: The first one that we launched together was in late 1998. Sramana Mitra: You said you and your brother did all your businesses together? Bhavin Turakhia: Yes. In many ways, that was the genesis. Before that, we were independently doing

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Thursday, April 27 – 350th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 350th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, April 27, 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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Master Bootstrapper with a Billion Plus in Exits: Bhavin Turakhia, CEO of Directi and Flock (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Bhavin and his brother Divyank have bootstrapped Directi, a portfolio of Internet businesses over the last ~20 years. In 2014, they had their first $160 million exit. In 2016, they had a second $900 million exit. It’s a very interesting story of masterful business acumen and

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Bootstrap First to $10 Million from Australia, Raise $25 Million Later from the US: Ashik Ahmed, CEO of Deputy (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: Where did you choose to raise your $25 million financing from? In Australia? Ashik Ahmed: Funny story was that every morning, we’d wake up and there’d be an email from some VC. I wanted to focus on growing the business as opposed to getting interested in VCs. In mid-2006, we realized that our

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Bootstrap First to $10 Million from Australia, Raise $25 Million Later from the US: Ashik Ahmed, CEO of Deputy (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: When did you start the Gusto partnership? Ashik Ahmed: That was between late 2013 and early 2014. Sramana Mitra: How much did you do in 2014? How would you attribute that to Xero, Gusto, and your direct selling efforts? Ashik Ahmed: The challenge with partnerships is that, at the start, you get a

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