Student Entrepreneur to $10M+ Business: Blaine Vess, CEO of StudyMode (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: I want to know precisely what happened in 2008. What are the significant things that you did in 2008 and how did those play out? This $1.1 million, was there a concentration of colleges you were getting this from? Blaine Vess: In 2008, we launched in international markets and started the acquisition of

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Student Entrepreneur to $10M+ Business: Blaine Vess, CEO of StudyMode (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Was Chris working full time or did he take up another job? Blaine Vess: Chris was working full time on this business. He was also doing the contract programming with me. Sramana Mitra: You guys were doing contract programming. You had a job and Chris was doing the business?

Student Entrepreneur to $10M+ Business: Blaine Vess, CEO of StudyMode (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What was the motivation? If I am a student, why would I want to load up my course notes? Blaine Vess: The main motivation is to get access to other people’s course notes or research. Say you’re writing a research paper on global warming and you have a writer’s block or you’re three

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March 20 – 209th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 209th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, March 20, 2014, 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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Student Entrepreneur to $10M+ Business: Blaine Vess, CEO of StudyMode (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  We’re seeing a wonderful trend of student entrepreneurs building substantial businesses without dropping out. Blaine Vess is yet another great role model. This story outlines Blaine’s entrepreneurial journey. Sramana Mitra: Blaine, let’s start with introducing our audience to you. Where did you grow up? Where were

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208th Roundtable Recording On March 6, 2014

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

Roundtable Recap: March 6 – You’re Never Too Old To Startup

During this week’s roundtable, we had John Lynch drop by. You are wondering, ‘Who is John Lynch? Why does Sramana start the recap with someone I’ve never heard of?’ Well, John is a 1M/1M premium member who is 90 years young. I am personally in awe of his willingness to try new things at his

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208th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 208th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, March 6, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.