Catching Up On Readings: 2021 Global IPO Activity

This feature from Bloomberg looks at the global IPO market in 2021 where a record $162.4 billion has been raised by over 600 issuers so far compared to just $37 billion in the Q1 2020. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

523rd Roundtable Recording on March 18, 2021: With Tim Guleri, Sierra Ventures

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

Catching Up On Readings: Low Code Development Market 2021

This report from Gartner expects the worldwide low-code development technologies market to grow 22.6% to reach $13.8 billion in 2021. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

March 18 – 523rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 523rd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, March 18, 2021, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/4 p.m. CET/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, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and register to pitch or attend here. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

Best of Bootstrapping: Discussing Seed Rounds with Bruce Cleveland, Wildcat 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 Investor Introductions page. Then start looking for entrepreneur – investor fit. Today I introduce you to Bruce Cleveland.

Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners, is one of the early employees at Oracle, as well as a co-founder of Siebel Systems. His book, The Traction Gap, shares the framework that his firm uses in its venture capital practice. You can listen to a podcast of our conversation here and watch the roundtable video below:

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Catching Up On Readings: AI Index 2021

This feature by Shana Lynch summarizes the state of AI in ten charts based on The AI Index 2021, a report from Stanford University. The total global investment in AI increased by 40% to $67.9 billion in 2020. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Best of Bootstrapping: Investing in Concept Stage Startups with Matt Holleran, Cloud Apps Capital 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 Investor Introductions page. Then start looking for entrepreneur – investor fit. Today I introduce you to Matt Holleran.

Matt Holleran, General Partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners, talks about his firm’s investment thesis in what he calls Series A. His is one of the rare firms that invest at the concept stage. You can listen to a podcast of our conversation here.

Sramana Mitra: Tell us about yourself,a bit of your background, and about Cloud Apps.

Matt Holleran: The most interesting market in the world and business problems to work on are business software problems. I’ve been in the business software industry for 25 plus years in leading customer support companies in the enterprise software world like Salesforce.com, Clarify, and Datasweep. I started my career at Morgan Stanley. Then I was at another firm called Emergence Capital Partners for six years prior to starting Cloud Apps Capital Partners in 2014.

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Catching Up On Readings: Top FinTech Trends

This report from Gartner looks at the top emerging technologies in the Finance sector. Cloud ERP, Advanced Data Analytics, and Data Storage are the most likely emerging technology investments for corporate finance through 2024. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.