AI Tech Startup Course Coupons for June

AI is transforming every industry from healthcare and customer support to professional services and beyond. Founders are launching startups that tackle real problems using generative AI, machine learning and automation. Others are exploring the shifting mindset of investors as they evaluate opportunities in this fast-moving space. If you’re curious about the practical steps and real-world

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Best of Bootstrapping: Entrepreneurial Couple Bootstrapped with a Paycheck to Millions

Nomad Lane Co-Founders Kish Vasnani and Vanessa Jeswani bootstrapped to multi-million dollars in revenue selling a private label product before quitting their jobs. In this story, you also get to see the nuances of running successful (and not so successful) crowdfunding campaigns. Their very interesting journey and insights were shared with me in 2021. Sramana

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped to $26M and a Fabulous Exit

When we spoke in 2021, Founder CEO Vamsi Kora had bootstrapped Gathi Analytics to over $26 million in revenue in four years and exited at a fabulous multiple. Much to learn from his journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and

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New Generative AI Customer Support Case Studies Course + Discounts

Customer support is being reinvented by Generative AI and smart entrepreneurs are seizing the opportunity. Our new Generative AI Customer Support Startup Case Studies course explores how real founders are building successful startups in this fast-evolving space. From AI-driven automation to natural language processing, this course showcases innovative solutions transforming customer service across industries. You’ll

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New AI Services Startup Case Studies Course + Coupons

As AI continues to disrupt industries, service-based startups are emerging as a powerful and practical entry point into the space. Our new AI Services Startup Case Studies course shows you how real founders have built successful AI-driven services startups. Through in-depth case studies, you’ll learn how entrepreneurs identified market pain points, applied AI tools to

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Bootstrapping a New Age AI Services Venture: Anji Maram, CEO of CriticalRiver (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: You said at the beginning of the interview that you were trying to make up for the margin gap in services companies with velocity. Did you succeed in doing that? In the ten years that you’ve been in business, did you succeed in growing at a very high velocity?

Bootstrapping a New Age AI Services Venture: Anji Maram, CEO of CriticalRiver (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: A lot of enterprise conversational AI applications that you’re talking about are happening more on the customer end – customer service, sales, or customer relationship management. It’s not much on the finance end. So, you rightly point out that this is a more of an open area where you’re starting to see traction.

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Bootstrapping a New Age AI Services Venture: Anji Maram, CEO of CriticalRiver (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Okay. Now I’m going to ask you about the delivery side. So you and your friend Chandra started the business. How did you grow the implementation team?