Bootstrapping to $200 Million: Jorn Lyseggen, CEO of Meltwater (Part 4)

Jorn Lyseggen: We started approaching this in a completely different way. We tried hiring our own sales people. We wanted to engage the clients in a much more strategic way. Instead of talking about our product, we wanted to engage the clients on their domain and try to understand their pain. Once we understood their

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Roundtable Recap: August 27 – Showcase of Women Entrepreneurs

During this week’s roundtable, we had an unusual pitch roster of the first three entrepreneurs being women. RegDesk First up, Priya Bhutani from Chicago, Illinois, pitched RegDesk, a marketplace for healthcare regulatory experts who can complete projects for major pharmaceutical and medical device companies. The company also has a subscription-based regulatory information service, and is

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273rd Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 273rd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, August 27, 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 to $200 Million: Jorn Lyseggen, CEO of Meltwater (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What happens next? You’ve been running this public company? Jorn Lyseggen: Yes. I was a public CEO and experienced all the exciting stuff that it entails. After a while, I got eager to start a new company. I ended up starting Meltwater, which is the company I run today. Sramana Mitra: Meltwater was

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Bootstrapping to $200 Million: Jorn Lyseggen, CEO of Meltwater (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What kind of clients were you working with? Were they Norwegian clients? What was the client pool at that point? Jorn Lyseggen: The client pool when I started out was Norwegian companies. We worked with the major banks. We worked with the major publishing houses and helped newspapers to create an online version

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Bootstrapping to $200 Million: Jorn Lyseggen, CEO of Meltwater (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Jorn started Meltwater in Norway and has scaled the company organically to $200 million. Fascinating journey! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind

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Thursday, August 27 – 273rd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 273rd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, August 27, 2015, 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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272nd Roundtable Recording On August 20, 2015: Future of Journalism with Tom Foremski, SiliconValleyWatcher.com

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