1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sasha Mirchandani, Managing Director at Kae Capital 2020 (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Sasha Mirchandani, Managing Director at Kae Capital, was recorded in December 2020.

Sasha Mirchandani is Founder and Managing Director of Kae Capital, an early stage fund focused on India. I’ve known Sasha for over a decade, and we discuss the evolution of the Indian startup industry at length.

520th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Rajeev Madhavan, Clear Ventures

Rajeev Madhavan is Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures, a firm focused on seed-stage deep tech investing.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What happens to the rest of the companies that don’t get the follow-on?

Elizabeth Yin: They continue just like everybody else. We help our companies regardless of how much we are investing. The natural question in people’s mind is, “If you don’t follow on, does that mean it’s a bad company?” The answer no.

Best of Bootstrapping: Discussing People vs. Market with Jon Staenberg, Staenberg Venture Partners

If you have been bootstrapping and think you are ready for investors, you need to learn how investors think. First, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Then start looking for entrepreneur – investor fit. Today I introduce you to Jon Staenberg.

Jon Staenberg, Managing Partner at Staenberg Venture Partners, has been a Seed Investor in over 400 ventures over the last 30 years. Jon draws from his long background and discusses some of what interests him to invest in a startup. He also reflects on the question People or Market: Which takes priority? You can listen to a podcast of our conversation here or watch the roundtable video below:

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: When you are writing a $25,000 check for these companies, is that a convertible note or an equity investment? What terms do you apply?

Elizabeth Yin: If we are the first ones to the table, we will do that on a safe. If we are not the first ones on the table and there is already a round in place, we will look at the terms at hand. Sometimes this would be an equity round, equity note, or the safe. 

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You are saying that you focus on customer acquisition more than technology. You are worried about how quickly a company can get into revenue and what its customer acquisition strategy is.

Can you elaborate on that? What are some nuggets that you are learning from the market of effective customer acquisition strategy? 

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund was recorded in October 2020.

Elizabeth Yin is General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed investment firm.

520th Roundtable Recording on February 18, 2021: With Rajeev Madhavan, Clear Ventures

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