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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped a Niche E-commerce Business to $20M
Niche e-commerce still produces compelling success stories. Here is how CEO Brian Lim built iHeartRaves from our conversation in 2018. 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? Brian Lim: I was raised in LA County. My
Roundtable Recap: August 7 – 1Mby1M AI Star Data Poem’s Investor Pitch
During this week’s roundtable, first we had Jean-Philippe ‘JP’ Persico, Cofounder and Managing Partner at shuckerVC, discuss his firm’s investment thesis. Data Poem As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Bharath Gaddam from New York pitch Data Poem. Bharath is a premium member of the 1Mby1M program and has bootstrapped an AI venture
688th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 10 Minutes
Today’s 688th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 10 minutes, on Thursday, June 5, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup All are welcome!
687th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 30 Minutes
Today’s 687th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 20 minutes, on Thursday, May 29, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup All are welcome!
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping an Enterprise Software Business for 30 Years
Dean Guida, CEO and Founder at Infragistics, has a real passion for the elegance, simplicity, and beauty of software development. He has built a company celebrating these values and shared his story with me in 2021. Sramana Mitra: We will start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped to $5 Million First
Founder CEO Josh Millet had bootstrapped Criteria to almost $5 million in revenue before raising funding. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have? Josh Millet: I was born in Toronto, Canada. I have dual citizenship of
Building a PropTech Venture with a Virtual Team: Discount Lots President Paul Hersko (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: What is your primary use case? City dwellers wanting to buy property outside the city? Paul Hersko: Yes, I would say so. Sramana Mitra: Were you self-financing still at this point?
Building a PropTech Venture with a Virtual Team: Discount Lots President Paul Hersko (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: All of the properties are in Los Angeles? Paul Hersko: In the desert though, like near Joshua Tree. That’s how we started. We just bought a bunch of properties. Sramana Mitra: Why did you choose outside of Los Angeles area?
