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entrepreneurship
345th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Eric Frenkiel, MemSQL
Eric Frenkiel, co-founder and CEO of MemSQL, discusses his journey from pre-IPO Facebook to YCombinator to a thriving In-Memory database company that has successfully navigated a fat startup path.
296th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Venky Balasubramanian, Plivo
Venky Balasubramanian, co-founder of Plivo, along with his partner, has achieved the amazing feat of growing a relatively fast growth business to well over $10 million in revenue with just $2M in Angel financing. What’s even more impressive is that they have done this with a convertible note, first $250K from angel investors in India, followed by $1.75M from investors in the Bay Area. The company operates in the US-India mode, and for those of you working in that style, many important lessons are discussed.
308th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Jeremy Young, Tanga Network
Jeremy Young, CEO of Tanga Network, which has bootstrapped a ~$30M a year affiliate marketplace. It’s a Groupon-like business, but with much more sustainable unit economics and business practices. Very interesting discussion on how and why!
355th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Daniel Gulati, Comcast Ventures
Daniel Gulati, Principal and Head of Seed Investment Practice at Comcast Ventures, discusses e-commerce startup trends and what can and cannot be venture financed at this stage, and why.
276th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Pallav Nadhani, FusionCharts
Pallav Nadhani, CEO and Cofounder at FusionCharts, is someone I have known for a long time, and he will always have a special place in my heart as a young entrepreneur from Calcutta, where I was born and raised. Pallav has bootstrapped an $8 million a year product company from Calcutta, and we discuss the philosophical question “Is growth at all costs desirable?”
337th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Nevin Shetty, Blueprint Registry
Nevin Shetty, CEO of Blueprint Registry, did TechStars last year, and we discuss some strategies for getting into YCombinator and TechStars, the two high quality seed fund accelerators that are worth going through.
344th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Girish Rowjee, Greytip Software
Girish Rowjee, Co-Founder and CEO of Greytip Software, discusses his long journey selling HR and Payroll software to the Indian SMEs. Greytip is one of the two successful SaaS companies in India who have managed to penetrate the mid-market.
294th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Venkat Viswanathan, LatentView Analytics
Venkat Vishwanathan, Founder and Chairman of LatentView Analytics, discusses the trends of the industry, in particular, the Do It For Me trend we’re seeing in the space.
