Bootstrapping to $18 Million: Vlad Friedman, CEO of Edge Hosting (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You basically would do whatever it is the client was asking you to do, I imagine, at the beginning. As time progressed, what became your core competency even in the mode of delivering consulting or solutions? Where did you find your sweet spot? Vlad Friedman: I had a couple of stages along my

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April 28 – 304th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 304th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, April 28, 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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303rd Roundtable Recording On April 21, 2016: With Ho Nam, Altos Ventures

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

Roundtable Recap: April 21 – Choose Your Philosophy of Company Building

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Ho Nam, Managing Director at Altos Ventures. Ho made a clear distinction between capital efficient company building and the “grow at costs in all sorts of unsustainable ways” philosophy. They are two distinctly different ways of building businesses. Job On Buddy As for the pitches, first

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303rd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 303rd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, April 21, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

303rd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 303rd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, April 21, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Thursday, April 21 – 303rd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 303rd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, April 21, 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, Fund Raising and Exit: Mads Jensen’s Journey with Sefaira (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What else is interesting and strategic from decision making or navigating this venture? Mads Jensen: Our partnerships were very important. We work in an ecosystem where there are some big design firms and technologies that people already use. You may know Autodesk, which is a big software company. That’s one of our partners and

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