Bootstrapping Using Services: Bay Dynamics Co-Founders Feris Rifai and Ryan Stolte (Part 1)

Feris and Ryan wanted to work together on a new venture. They first built a services company, then introduced an OEM product, and eventually bootstrapped a product under their own brand. The company has recently raised its first venture money after many years of being in business as a profitable, growing entity. Sramana Mitra: One

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Jan. 7 – 288th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 288th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, January 7, 2016, 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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January 7 – 288th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 288th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, January 7, 2016, 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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287th Roundtable Recording On Dec. 17, 2015: With Engineering Capital Founder Ashmeet Sidana

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Roundtable Recap: December 17 – Focus on Proteins and Whole Wheat Bread, Skip Candies

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest, Ashmeet Sidana, Founder of Engineering Capital, a seed-stage venture fund focusing on infrastructure technology. Ashmeet had a lot of insights to offer, and delivered one particular piece of wisdom that is close to my heart. He says, funding is like candy. Don’t eat too much candy.

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Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Wrike CEO Andrew Filev (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: Based on our conversation so far, I picked up two key philosophies on how you build your company. One is this extensive A/B testing to optimize your customer acquisition. The second is evolving the product continuously through customer input and iteration. Andrew Filev: It’s true but I would phrase it a little differently.

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287th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 287th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, December 17, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Wrike CEO Andrew Filev (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to a bit more of a chronological story. I understand the philosophy of how you built the company. It’s very interesting what you can do today in terms of really doing these kinds of testing on all marketing exercises at a very dramatic level. Today’s world allows you to do

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