Roundtable Recap: October 1 – Validate the Business Case Before Writing Code

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Semyon Dukach, Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, an immigrant founder focused VC fund.

Oyaa

As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Sangeetha Iyer from Franklin Park, New Jersey, pitching Oyaa, a household organizing solution marketplace.

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502nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Roman Kikta, Mobility Ventures

Roman Kikta is Managing Partner and Founder at Mobility Ventures. Roman discusses his firm’s investment thesis.

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502nd Roundtable Recording on September 24, 2020: With Roman Kikta, Mobility Ventures

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Roundtable Recap: September 24 – Dynamic Startup Discussions

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Roman Kikta, Managing Partner and Founder, Mobility Ventures. Roman discussed his firm’s investment thesis.

MysteryMonks

As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Aditya Vikram from New Delhi, India, pitching MysteryMonks, a video production service that has nuances of a marketplace, but is a managed service.

Online CheckWriter

Next up, Sabeer Nelli from Tyler, Texas, pitched Online CheckWriter, a competitor to Bill.com that is projecting $5M in ARR for 2020, and expects $15-20M in 2021.

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501st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Robert Weber, Great North Labs

Robert Weber is Managing Partner at Great North Labs located in Minneapolis.

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501st Roundtable Recording on September 17, 2020: With Robert Weber, Great North Labs

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sonali Vijayavargiya of Augment Ventures (Part 4)

Sonali Vijayavargiya: I think the engine has started. People are engaging. There is an increasing awareness of teams and solutions that are coming out of different regions other than just the Bay Area or New York. People are willing to get on a plane and meet with these teams.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Julianne Zimmerman of Reinventure Capital (Part 5)

Julianne Zimmerman: At the conference, I was approached by several women. The conversation we had is a conversation I have with far too many founders from MIT and many other alma maters.

I have formed a really spectacular team around me. I have customer demand. I have contracts that are waiting to be filled. I have significant inbound interest from customers, but I cannot get a meeting. When I get a meeting with a venture capital partner, the questions I get are about my children or husband.