Bootstrapping to $55 Million from Rural Minnesota: Tom Fallenstein, CEO of Fun.com (Part 1)

Tom has built a kick-ass e-commerce company out of rural Minnesota that he hopes to build up into a billion dollar business. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised, in what kind of environment? Tom Fallenstein: I was born in Minnesota in a small

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Making Mass Customization Work: Jodie Fox, CEO of Shoes of Prey (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: On your website, I cannot get the shape of the boots. I don’t have the flexibility to be able to change the shape of the boots. You have a certain structure to the boots that you’re offering. You offered customization on the heels, leather, and colors but in terms of the shape of

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Making Mass Customization Work: Jodie Fox, CEO of Shoes of Prey (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: The seed round was mid-2012. Then two years later, you raised what you’re now calling Series A – the $5.5 million. Jodie Fox: Yes, we did do bridge rounds in between. In November 2013, we raised $1.75 million. Sramana Mitra: What else is interesting in your story that is worth highlighting in the

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Making Mass Customization Work: Jodie Fox, CEO of Shoes of Prey (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Did you have the ability to manufacture at a large scale with your design partner and did you have all the shipping and handling set up at that point? Jodie Fox: Yes, we did have the setup for the shipping and handling of international orders. We didn’t necessarily have the correct manufacturing setup.

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249th Roundtable Recording On Feb. 19, 2015: With Girish Navani, eClinicalWorks

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

February 26 – 250th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 250th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, February 26, 2015, 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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Roundtable Recap: February 19 – Bootstrapping A Billion Dollar Unicorn With A Paycheck

During today’s roundtable, we celebrated the launches of my books, Bootstrapping With A Paycheck and Billion Dollar Unicorns, with Girish Navani, CEO of eClinicalWorks, who has bootstrapped a billion dollar Unicorn with a paycheck. Girish didn’t quit his job for two years, while he tested and validated his original product and customer base. Today, 16

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249th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 249th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, February 19, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.