698th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 10 Minutes

Today’s 698th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 10 minutes, on Thursday, August 14, 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!

697th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 30 Minutes

Today’s 697th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, August 7, 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: Bootstrapped Art.com First, Raised $30 Million Later

Art.com Co-founder Josh Chodniewicz bootstrapped for 10 years before raising a $30 million first round of funding. He shared his journey with me in 2022. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raise, and in what kind of background? Josh Chodniewicz: I was born

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Roundtable Recap: July 31 – AI Investment Thesis with Marina and Nick Davidovs, DVC

During this week’s roundtable, we had Marina and Nick Davidovs, Cofounders and Managing Partners at DVC, a firm that backs only repeat founders doing AI startups. We had a terrific conversation on cutting edge issues within the AI ecosystem. NETSPOC As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Jacob Manamel from Bengaluru, India, pitch

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695th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Vinit Bhansali, Takshil Venture Partners

Vinit Bhansali, Founder and General Partner at Takshil Venture Partners, discusses how his firm is investing in India.

Start With Customers Not Investors

For our Seed Capital series of podcasts, I’ve interviewed hundreds of investors, especially micro-VCs and angels who play an important role in the early-stage game. The toughest round of funding an entrepreneur will seek to raise is Pre-seed. How do you increase your odds? Pre-seed has the lowest probability of success. Over 99% of the

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped an AI Deep Learning Venture to $5M+

It is always thrilling for me to listen to 1Mby1M entrepreneurs achieving great things. This interview capture’s CEO Bharath Gaddam’s 6-year journey of bootstrapping to over $5M ARR. At this point, I am fairly confident that Data Poem can blitzscale to become a legitimate Unicorn. Not fluff, not fumes, clear, concrete ROI-driven revenue growth that

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Roundtable Recap: July 10 – AI Investment Thesis with Ray Wu, Alumni Ventures AI Fund

During this week’s roundtable, we had Ray Wu, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures AI Fund, discussing the fund’s investment thesis. Axon Network KI As for our entrepreneur pitches, first we had Antony Alappatt from Chennai, India, pitch Axon Network Karmic Intelligence. Q3D Sensing, Inc. Next we had Tainyue Yu from Santa Clara, California, pitch Q3D

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