267th Roundtable Recording On July 9, 2015: Future of Higher Education with edX CEO Anant Agarwal

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July 16 – 268th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 268th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, July 16, 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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Bootstrap the First Venture, Raise Money for the Second: cVidya CEO Alon Aginsky (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: I think your point is also that there are different kinds of employees. There are certain people who are startup type of employees. Alon Aginsky: Right. You have to be very precise about the people you hire. Most of the people that are in cVidya are veterans. Those are the people who join you for

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Roundtable Recap: July 9 – The Future of Higher Education with Anant Agarwal

During today’s roundtable, we had Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX and my former professor at MIT, as our special guest. The discussion on the future of higher education was wide ranging and comprehensive, complete with startup ideas and analysis of entrepreneurial ventures within education. Definitely worth a look, if the subject interests you. Blackpepper As

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Bootstrapping to $100 Million: Edifecs CEO Sunny Singh (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Sunny has built a very interesting healthcare IT company, overcoming serious challenges. Inspiring story of a bootstrapped success. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Sunny Singh:

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267th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 267th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, July 9, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

Bootstrap the First Venture, Raise Money for the Second: cVidya CEO Alon Aginsky (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: You said you started the company while you were still running the other one in 2001. Alon Aginsky: I finished all my responsibilities in the call accounting company in 2001. After the bubble burst, I started the cVidya journey. That was a different startup. We bootstrapped it in the beginning. We completed our institutional

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Bootstrapping with Angel Money: Josh Levy, CEO of BeenVerified (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: I imagine, given what you’re doing right now, you’re already substantially profitable. Josh Levy: We run a profitable business. We try to invest every dollar back whether it’s additional hires, marketing, or content licensing. We still see so much opportunities in data and where the broader space can go. Sramana Mitra: That’s actually an interesting

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