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A Journey into Personalized Luxury Fashion: Editorialist YX CEO Rafael Ortiz (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Sep 5th

As you know, I have a passion for personalized luxury fashion and ventured into that market early on in 1999 when the market wasn’t quite ready for it yet. Rafael is building a wonderful luxury fashion venture with unique personalization details. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you

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Building a Global Hardcore Financial Technology Company from Brazil: Ricardo Josua, CEO of Pismo (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Aug 29th

We don’t hear of hardcore B-to-B technology ventures coming out of Latin America very often.Ricardo is building one that caters to banks and financial institutions, has raised over $100M in financing, has over $25M in revenue, and has major Latin American banks as customers. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey.

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From Developer to Serial Entrepreneur: Michael Morris, CEO of Torc (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Aug 29th

Michael has not only transitioned successfully from a developer to an entrepreneur, but he has also built communities of developers and 2-sided marketplaces around them over and again. Torc is his third run at this overall mission of enabling and empowering developers to have great careers. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of

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Building a Capital Efficient Healthcare AI Venture to $20M: Deepak Gaddipati, Founder and CTO of VirtuSense (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Aug 22nd

Deepak has built a capital-efficient fall-detection company from Peoria, Illinois with a backend engineering team in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It’s an impressive entrepreneurial journey with a mission-driven company that is making real impact in the lives of seniors with fall risk. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from?

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Building a European EdTech Unicorn from Vienna, Austria: Felix Ohswald, CEO of GoStudent (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, Aug 18th

This is a terrific story of a European EdTech venture that has raised $600 million and is scaling extremely well after three years of not finding a monetization model. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

From Developer to Solo Entrepreneur to $5M+ Revenue: Sporcle Founder and CTO Matt Ramme (Part 1)

Posted on Tuesday, Aug 16th

Developers interested in bootstrapping ad-supported B-to-C startups would find this discussion valuable. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, and raised, and in what kind of background? Matt Ramme: I grew up in western New York. I went to college at Carnegie Mellon

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Grain Cofounder and COO Carl Memnon (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, Aug 11th

Carl discusses Grain’s FinTech innovation, and also some of the unique ways in which his company has been financed. Excellent conversation. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Grain.

Student Developers Bootstrapping with a Paycheck, Then Growing to a Million Users: Ben Spring, CEO of TryHackMe (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, Jul 21st

Ben and his co-founder are two techies who started by bootstrapping with a paycheck. With zero marketing budget, they have scaled TryHackMe to a million users and significant revenue. 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?

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