Roundtable Recap: April 20 – Innovative Cashflow Management to Successful Bootstrapping

During this week’s roundtable, Dan Dillon, Owner at CleanItSupply.com, shared his wonderful story of building a niche e-commerce business with just $50,000 of personal money to $11 million in annual revenue in 2016. YoBanjare Travel Cafe As for the pitches, Prateek Kishore Kahnojia from Noida, India, pitched YoBanjare Travel Cafe, a concept for a chain

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Bootstrap First to $10 Million from Australia, Raise $25 Million Later from the US: Ashik Ahmed, CEO of Deputy (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Did you fire the CEO that you brought on? Ashik Ahmed: Yes. Sramana Mitra: How did that go? Ashik Ahmed: Not pretty. I doubted myself whether I would be capable of being the CEO of this company. I didn’t even know what the job description of a CEO looked like back then. My

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349th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 349th FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, April 20, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

349th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 349th FREE online 1Mby1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, April 20, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Bootstrap First to $10 Million from Australia, Raise $25 Million Later from the US: Ashik Ahmed, CEO of Deputy (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: From a vertical point of view, it was all in the hospitality area? Ashik Ahmed: That’s correct – all restaurants, bars, and hotels. That was the industry we were focusing on. Sramana Mitra: How many customers are we talking? Ashik Ahmed: By the end of 2013, I believe we only had 150. Sramana

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Bootstrap First to $10 Million from Australia, Raise $25 Million Later from the US: Ashik Ahmed, CEO of Deputy (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: This is an Entrepreneur Journeys story. I’m going to help you tell that story as a journey. You started with this concept back in 2008 with your co-founder. What was the first thing that you did? Ashik Ahmed: Coming up with the name. To be honest, I resigned from Aero-Care in February 2007 because I

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Thursday, April 20 – 349th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 349th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, April 20, 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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Bootstrap First to $10 Million from Australia, Raise $25 Million Later from the US: Ashik Ahmed, CEO of Deputy (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later is the 1M/1M mantra. Ashik Ahmed tells his story of bootstrapping to $10 Million before raising $25 Million in the first external financing. Sramana Mitra: Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Let’s

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