Bootstrapping Using Services From Atlanta: PMG Founders Joe LeCompte and Robert Castles (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How did you come up with this? You were working with enterprise customers and requested this functionality? What was the process of coming up with this particular product? Robert Castles: That’s a great question. We have been doing much of what our product is today in a more ad hoc manner. We were

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254th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 254th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, April 9, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

Bootstrapping a Billion Dollar Unicorn with Services from Utah: Dave Elkington, CEO of InsideSales.com (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s get down to the specifics. We understand iteration. We’ve heard this many times. It’s part of our philosophy as well in terms of the methodology of how we train entrepreneurs. We are completely on the same page with you. Specifically, what were you selling? What was the segmentation emerging out of this

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Bootstrapping a Billion Dollar Unicorn with Services from Utah: Dave Elkington, CEO of InsideSales.com (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: I actually have a BMW 3 Series that I categorically lease. I change them every three years. Dave Elkington: It’s uncanny. Every time I give the example, there’s a 90% overlap. People cluster with other people who behave similarly. What I needed to build was a massive engine that collected all of those

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Thursday, April 9 – 254th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 254th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/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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253rd Roundtable Recording On April 2, 2015

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April 9 – 254th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 254th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/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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Roundtable Recap: April 2 – Spanning The Globe

During today’s roundtable, we worked with five entrepreneurs from around the world. Project Starfish First up, Subhashish Acharya from Boston, MA, pitched Project Starfish, a social enterprise focused on teaching blind people computer skills, and then engaging them in paid projects, working for small and large companies. It was a fascinating presentation, a noble enterprise,

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