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Startup Ecosystem in Kolkata: A Strategy Discussion
Join us on Thursday, July 20, at 8:30 p.m. IST / 8 a.m. PDT for a special roundtable program: Brainstorming on Eastern India Startup Development. Come share your perspective, sign up to Speak and we will accommodate as many as possible with a few minutes to talk, register here. In case you missed it, you can listen to
Business Model Innovation in Digital Health: Bob Allison, Co-Founder of PEAR Health Labs (Part 1)
Bob has a background in semiconductors where the key business model for selling chips is getting them into design wins. In PEAR, Bob has parlayed this model into a platform business catering to many top brands who bring Digital Health products to market on their platform. There is a lot to learn for entrepreneurs from
Serial Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Three PropTech Ventures: LuxuryProperty Founder Jason Hayes (Part 1)
Jason has worked at the cusp of real estate and digital marketing for 35 years and built three successful ventures. All of them are bootstrapped, organically grown, capital efficient businesses. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background?
Building an AI-Powered Pharmaceutical Services Business: VIDA CEO Susan Wood (Part 1)
This conversation not only highlights Susan and VIDA’s journey but is an excellent analysis of the Pharmaceutical Services space. If you’re looking to do/doing a startup in this field, the conversation should be illuminating. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised?
From PhD Student to Machine Learning Entrepreneur: SuperAnnotate CEO Tigran Petrosyan (Part 1)
Tigran and his brother were Ph.D. students when they decided to quit their Ph.D. program and build a company out of their Ph.D. research technology. They have since raised over $15M in funding and built a customer base of ~200 in their ML Ops business. They are leveraging countries like Armenia and Bangladesh for development
How NOT To Build a Startup: Ned Hill, CEO of Position Imaging (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Tell me how you put one foot before the other. Try to tell the story of your lessons from the trenches. Did you have an investment thesis that panned out? Ned Hill: I had a business plan. Sramana Mitra: What were you going to do?
How NOT To Build a Startup: Ned Hill, CEO of Position Imaging (Part 1)
I seldom get to interview an entrepreneur who is candid about his mistakes. Yet, people tend to learn more from failures than from successes. In this story, you will see how Ned built technology looking for a problem to solve, an absolute no no.You will also see the negative impact of not validating your product
Blocking Ransomware at the Hard Drive Level: John Benkert, CEO of Cigent (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: When you did the spin off and InQTel was part of that process, were they aware of the kind of go-to-market that you were going to pursue? John Benkert: We explained what we wanted to do and why we wanted to do it. They were great partners and gave us great feedback. Sramana