1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Bhaskar Ghosh, Partner and CTO at 8VC (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: I have a rather different point of view about the definition of good. One Million by One Million has a philosophy that is completely counter to this VC-obsessed philosophy of Silicon Valley. The world has today imported the Valley’s VC obsession. I don’t like it at all.

As far as I’m concerned, a bootstrapped founder who raises a small amount of capital and continues to build a revenue business is a good founder. They may not be fundable at the scale at which large Silicon Valley funds. I’m a huge fan of solid, sustainable businesses.

Catching Up On Readings: The Best Reading of 2022

This feature from The Wall Street Journal looks at some of the ten best books across the genres of fiction, non fiction, science fiction, politics, children’s books, and mystery. It also lists the books read or recommended by literary voices, thinkers, leaders, and tastemakers. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: The Crypties 2022

This feature from Decrypt covers the winners at the inaugural Crypties Awards Gala held in Miami recently to recognize the achievements in the blockchain ecosystem. For this week’s events, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Minecraft AI

This feature from MIT Technology Review by William Douglas Heaven looks in detail the breakthrough in imitation learning achieved by making a Minecraft-playing bot watch 70,000 hours of videos of people playing Minecraft. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Top 10 Strategic Tech Trends 2023

This feature from Gartner identifies the top ten strategic technology trends that organizations should explore in 2023. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Web3 Market Landscape

This feature from CB Insights covers in detail the market landscape of Web3 tech companies – how it works and what it could mean for consumers and creators. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Future of Post Purchase Experience

This report from CB Insights explores the evolution of e-commerce and the future of the post-purchase experience, from automated logistics to AI-powered virtual agents and beyond.

Catching Up On Readings: ET Startup Awards 2022

This feature from The Economic Times covers the winners of the annual ET Startup Awards across nine categories including Startup of the Year and Bootstrap Champ. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.