Building Multiple Bootstrapped Education Software Companies: Lane Rankin, CEO of Illuminate Education (Part 1)

Lane was first a teacher, then a school and school district administrator. His background is not of a typical tech entrepreneur. However, his deep domain knowledge and relationships in the education field have propelled him to become a very successful EdTech entrepreneur. Great story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your entrepreneurial

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Roundtable Recap: February 9 – Understand Your Unit Economics

During this week’s roundtable, we worked with two entrepreneurs and looked at some videos that generated further discussions and Q&A. CoolGrad.com Vinaya Kurpad, pitching from San Jose, CA, CoolGrad.com, presented a video-based college selection feedback site. Vinaya has some early metrics of user engagement around about 400 videos. She needs to validate the unit economic

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Learning From Mistakes: Roy Peleg, CEO of FirstImpression.io (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What year are we in now? Roy Peleg: Around 2012. Sramana Mitra: What happens in 2012? Roy Peleg: I left the previous startup and came up with the idea for my current company, FirstImpression.io. What actually happened is that I decided to completely quit my day job. I did some consulting along the way, but

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339th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 339th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, February 9, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

339th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 339th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, February 9, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Learning From Mistakes: Roy Peleg, CEO of FirstImpression.io (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: It is very difficult to make a success of those kinds of businesses. As you may have been following what’s happening in the online media industry, most of the companies are failing in that space. Roy Peleg: You’re correct. I would say that revenue was secondary. There were hardly any independent computer websites back

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Learning From Mistakes: Roy Peleg, CEO of FirstImpression.io (Part 1)

FirstImpression is Roy’s fourth startup. The prior ones had all failed, and Roy candidly discusses how and why they failed. There is much to learn from failures and mistakes, possibly even more than from successes. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born,

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Thursday, February 9 – 339th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 339th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, February 9, 2017, 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 to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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