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Concept Financing for a Fat Startup: Tomer Shiran, CEO of Dremio (Part 1)

Posted on Saturday, Jan 12th

Yes, concept financing still happens from time to time, especially for fat startups, but you need to have deep domain knowledge, and strong investor relationships, to pull one off. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey.  Where are you from? Where were you born and what kind of background? Tomer Shiran:

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Bootstrapping to $5 Million: Under30Experiences CEO Matt Wilson (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Dec 11th

Sramana Mitra: What did you do when you came out of college? Did you start a company right away? Matt Wilson: I had a few job offers, but I was just not interested in going in that direction. It just didn’t sound appealing to have to show up somewhere from nine to five just to

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Bootstrapping to $5 Million: Under30Experiences CEO Matt Wilson (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Dec 10th

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Matt has built a fan business using content marketing to sell travel experiences to a millennial demographic. Very cool! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where did you grow up and in what kind of background? Matt

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Bootstrapping with Services from Michigan: Amjad Hussain, CEO of Algo.ai (Part 1)

Posted on Tuesday, Dec 4th

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  I am always thrilled to see great entrepreneurship in various parts of the world that are off-center. Well, here’s a great one from Detroit. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in

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How an IT Services Startup Wants to Disrupt Itself in the AI Era: Sanjay Jupudi, CEO of Qentelli (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Nov 28th

Sramana Mitra: How big is the work force? Sanjay Jupudi: We just touched 250 people. Sramana Mitra: How many customers are you servicing? Sanjay Jupudi: About 30 customers. The good part of what we have done is when we go to customers, we are doing a lot of work for customers instead of just touching

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How an IT Services Startup Wants to Disrupt Itself in the AI Era: Sanjay Jupudi, CEO of Qentelli (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Nov 27th

Sramana Mitra: Tell me a little bit about this process of brainstorming about what you were going to focus on in the next company. What was the process with coming up with where you were going to place your bet? Sanjay Jupudi: There was a quality assurance company that was hiring people to test applications.

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How an IT Services Startup Wants to Disrupt Itself in the AI Era: Sanjay Jupudi, CEO of Qentelli (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Nov 26th

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  AI will disrupt outsourcing services companies in a very big way. We talk to Sanjay on how he plans to prepare. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go back to the very beginning of your personal journey. Tell me where you’re from, where were you born, raised, and in

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Bootstrapping a Virtual Company to 5 Million Plus: Nick Shaw, CEO of Renaissance Periodization (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, Nov 8th

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Nick has built a very interesting e-learning company and addressed scalability with nifty strategic choices. Read on. You’ll learn a lot. 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

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