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Startup Growth
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped to $30 Million from Florida
SproutLoud CEO Jared Shusterman shared his wonderful bootstrapping story with me in 2017. 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? Jared Shusterman: I was born in Miami, Florida. I’m one of the few South Florida natives. I
October 23rd – 705th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 705th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to Pitch and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps,
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped an AI Startup to $10M
You hear about fast growth, bootstrapped AI startups. Here’s a great story about one. Undetectable AI CEO Christian Perry is not very interested in raising Venture Capital. Sramana Mitra: All right, Christian, let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background?
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
Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped an EdTech Venture to $6M
Prepory CEO Daniel Santos’ story is a great example of an EdTech company that has built a validated, bootstrapped, profitable business that can potentially be scaled using AI. Sramana Mitra: Alright, Daniel, let’s go to the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised? What kind of background? Daniel
Startup Success Comes from Customers Not Speculators
I want to share with you an insight from running the 1Mby1M program since 2008. Over 700 free mentoring roundtables with over 300k entrepreneurs. Thousands of case studies of successful entrepreneurs – the who’s who of tech startups – through interview based methodology development. It is a complex exercise to give people a message that
September 4 – 701st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 701st FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to Pitch and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps,
Roundtable Recap: August 28 – It Has Been Deeply Fulfilling
During this week’s roundtable, we celebrated our milestone 700th session with business as usual. It has been a deeply fulfilling journey working with entrepreneurs in a no-nonsense manner for 20 years. Data Poem First up we had Bharath Gaddam from New York, New York, pitch Data Poem. Bharat is a 1Mby1M Premium member about to
