Bootstrapping With a Paycheck to Techstars: Nevin Shetty, CEO of Blueprint Registry (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: The customer acquisition is Facebook primarily? Nevin Shetty: It’s transitioning now to Pinterest. You have to think about where your users live. A lot of couples, who were recently engaged, go to Pinterest for inspiration for their wedding. As they’re looking for inspiration for their wedding, they see Blueprint there. Potentially, they come bock to Facebook

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January 26 – 337th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 337th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, January 26, 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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336th Roundtable Recording On January 19, 2017: With Stephan Goss, Zeeto

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Bootstrapping With a Paycheck to Techstars: Nevin Shetty, CEO of Blueprint Registry (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Facebook is unique in its targeting capabilities. Talk about how you took advantage of that. What was the segment you were going after? What segment was converting for you? What did you learn about these nuances of positioning? Nevin Shetty: As a wedding registry, we targeted people who were engaged. Sramana Mitra: The

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Roundtable Recap: January 19 – Nuances of Scaling a Traffic Arbitrage Business

During this week’s roundtable, our guest Stephan Goss, CEO of Zeeto, who has bootstrapped a traffic arbitrage business to $42 million in 2015 revenue. If you are working on an affiliate marketing / lead generation type of business, this is a useful conversation to listen to. RTG Group As for pitches, Stephen Clarke from Toronto,

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336th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 336th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, January 19, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

336th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 336th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, January 19, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Bootstrapping With a Paycheck to Techstars: Nevin Shetty, CEO of Blueprint Registry (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: One clarification, both you and Liz kept your jobs while you were raising this convertible note round. For the whole time? Nevin Shetty: Yes. That’s the amazing part. It was just the two of us working part-time. From across the nation, Lizzie had moved at this point. Sramana Mitra: Where is she? Nevin

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