Be Careful Who You Take Startup Advice From

Everybody is a startup mentor these days. On LinkedIn, startup advice is cheap and abundant. It can also be very BAD.

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.

Best of Bootstrapping: What Should Tech Startups Do to Raise Seed Capital in 2024?

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. In general, Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later is still the best strategy. You need to be ready to raise money. If you decide to raise money, I strongly suggest you read the Seed Capital series of interviews on our blog ASAP. We’ve profiled investor after investor

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Dan Roselli of CFV Ventures (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What is your modus operandi? You have a small fund. Are you looking for unicorns? Are you looking for early exits? Dan Roselli: We know that we will still have a relatively high failure rate. When you look at the failure rate of companies in general, you get less of that in the

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458th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Alok Nandan, Emergent Ventures

Alok Nandan, General Partner at Emergent Ventures (USA), discusses explainable AI in the context of his fund’s investment focus.

442nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Vikas Choudhury, Pivot Ventures

Vikas Choudhury is Managing Partner at Pivot Ventures, and President at Reliance Jio. He is one of the earliest Angel investors in India, and invested in early successes like InMobi and Myntra. We discuss the evolution of the Indian startup and venture capital industry.

438th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Cristobal Perdomo, Jaguar Ventures

Cristobal Perdomo is Co-founder and General Partner at Jaguar Ventures, a venture fund that invests in Latin America. 

439th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Michael Smerklo, Next Coast Ventures

Michael Smerklo, Co-founder and Managing Director at Next Coast Ventures, talks about some of the ventures his firm has invested in and the philosophy in general.