Long Journey Over 20 Years: Paula Tompkins, CEO of ChannelNet (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What year is that? Paula Tompkins: 1985. Sramana Mitra: Tell us a bit about the idea and how you came up with it. Paula Tompkins: As I mentioned, the idea was that personal computers were gaining popularity. In 1985, there were about 10 million personal computers. There was the Macintosh, which had just

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June 16 – 309th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 309th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, June 16, 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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Bootstrapped First, Raise Money Later: Manick Bhan, CEO of Rukkus (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: How did you find your investors? Manick Bhan: Most of the investors that we were connected to came through our networks. Along the way, we went to various events. I don’t recommend going to all of the tech events, but sometimes, some of them are good. You know which ones are good because

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Bootstrapped First, Raise Money Later: Manick Bhan, CEO of Rukkus (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What happens next? Manick Bhan: We figured out how to rub these two stones together and kept building up this small fire. We were doing maybe $50,000 in sales a month and slowly growing. By the end of the year, we had hit $1 million ARR (Annual Revenue Rate). In that process, we

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Bootstrapped First, Raise Money Later: Manick Bhan, CEO of Rukkus (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s get back to the specifics of how you did it. Now that you are in the market, you have figured out that you can get to a million dollar run rate. What was the reason why people were buying from you versus these other players? You had all kinds of hypothesis intellectualizing

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Roundtable Recap: June 9 – Focus on Sustainable Unit Economics

During this week’s roundtable, our guest was Jeremy Young, CEO of Tanga Network. Tanga has bootstrapped a ~$30M a year affiliate marketplace. It’s a Groupon-like business, but with much more sustainable unit economics and business practices. Very interesting discussion on how and why! DriveSmart First up, Mallesh Reddy from Singapore pitched DriveSmart, a fleet-safety software

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308th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 308th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, June 9, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

308th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 308th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, June 9, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!