Bootstrapping, Pivoting, Gaining Liquidity, Scaling to Over $100 Million: MediaAlpha CEO Steve Yi (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Each of you had worked on this travel startup before, and you had sold this startup. You got a little bit of money and were willing to put some of that money into starting something else as a collective group. Steve Yi: That’s exactly right. You said it much better and succinctly than

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319th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 319th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, September 1, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

319th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 319th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, September 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!  

Bootstrapping, Pivoting, Gaining Liquidity, Scaling to Over $100 Million: MediaAlpha CEO Steve Yi (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What did you start next? Steve Yi: I next started a travel advertising company. After I left, it took about a year to iterate. I knew I wanted to have my own company again. I iterated on different ideas and different consulting projects. I, finally, got connected with a couple of people who I

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Greek Entrepreneurs Invited To 320th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable On September 8th

Greek entrepreneurs are invited to our 320th FREE online 1M/1M mentoring roundtable, on Thursday, September 8, 2016, starting a 6:00 p.m. EEST/8:00 a.m. PDT. 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 answers to any of your

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Bootstrapping, Pivoting, Gaining Liquidity, Scaling to Over $100 Million: MediaAlpha CEO Steve Yi (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Do you want to quickly summarize what you attempted in the last two startups? Steve Yi: My first startup, which was in 2004, was a customizable search toolbar platform that any publisher or website can customize and distribute to their users. The second company was a travel advertising site. It was essentially just

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Thursday, September 1 – 319th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 319th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, September 1, 2016, 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 to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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Bootstrapping, Pivoting, Gaining Liquidity, Scaling to Over $100 Million: MediaAlpha CEO Steve Yi (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Fascinating story of MediaAlpha, beautifully told by Steve, relates how the team has navigated through various experiments to over $100 million in revenue. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in

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