Jan
08

January 14 – 515th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs - Sramana Mitra

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 515th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, January 14, 2021, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious...

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Jan
08

Cloud Stocks: The Key to PagerDuty’s API Strategy - Sramana Mitra

According to an Allied Market Research report, the global DevOps market is estimated to grow at 19% CAGR to $9.4 billion by 2023. San Francisco-based PagerDuty (NYSE: PD) recently announced its...

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Jan
08

Bootstrapping Using Services, Managing a Successful Pivot: Oomnitza CEO Arthur Lozinski (Part 5) - Sramana Mitra

Sramana Mitra: How much did you raise this year? Arthur Lozinski: We raised $12.5 million.  Sramana Mitra: What metrics did you raise on? Arthur Lozinski: We believe that we have a massive...

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Jan
08

Roundtable Recap: January 7 – Lean Startups vs. Fat Startups - Sramana Mitra

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Venktesh Shukla, General Partner at Monta Vista Capital. I have known Venk for more than 20 years, and we discussed both industry trends and his...

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Jan
07

Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Gooten CMO Mark Kapczynski (Part 1) - Sramana Mitra

A deep dive into the custom e-commerce world. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by having you introduce yourself as well as Gooten to our audience. Mark Kapczynski: I’m the Chief Marketing Officer here at...

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Jan
07

Best of Bootstrapping: Rukkus CEO Follows Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later Strategy - Sramana Mitra

“My journey was as unexceptional as you can imagine,” says Rukkus CEO Manick Bhan, in describing how he got to $1 million annual revenue rate in transactions before raising financing. Read on for the...

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Jan
07

514th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M - Sramana Mitra

Today’s 514th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, January 7, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. PASSWORD:...

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Jan
06

Best of Bootstrapping: Codesigned CEO Bootstraps Using Services - Sramana Mitra

We continue our coverage of bootstrapping using services with Codesigned CEO Jake Weaver. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born,...

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Jan
06

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Semyon Dukach, Managing Partner at One Way Ventures (Part 3) - Sramana Mitra

Sramana Mitra: If a team is strong, are you okay with investing before pre-product?  Semyon Dukach: It takes more than a strong team. In my view, the team for this company was clearly the best...

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Jan
06

Cloud Stocks: Medallia Continues to Acquire - Sramana Mitra

According to a Verified Research Market report, the global customer experience management market is expected to grow at 17% CAGR to $17.5 billion by 2027. Analysts believe that the increased demand...

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Jan
06

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Semyon Dukach, Managing Partner at One Way Ventures (Part 2) - Sramana Mitra

Sramana Mitra: How close is your activity portfolio within the MIT community?  Semyon Dukach: We have quite a bit of stuff around MIT. I’ve been physically in Boston ever since I went to...

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Jan
03

Bootstrapping Using Services, Managing a Successful Pivot: Oomnitza CEO Arthur Lozinski (Part 3) - Sramana Mitra

Sramana Mitra: You have ten customers that you got rapidly. Where are we in the chronology? What year are we in now? Arthur Lozinski: 2014.  Sramana Mitra: What kind of contract sizes was this...

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Jan
05

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping a Technology Product Company from India - Sramana Mitra

Some of us have worked relentlessly for decades to bring about the change in India from a largely services-driven technology industry to one that today produces credible products sold all over the...

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Jan
05

Cloud Stocks: Talend Focuses on Data Reliability - Sramana Mitra

According to a recently published report, the global cloud integration software market is expected to grow at CAGR of 12% through 2020 – 2025. Open source integration software vendor Talend...

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Jan
05

Bootstrapping Using Services, Managing a Successful Pivot: Oomnitza CEO Arthur Lozinski (Part 2) - Sramana Mitra

Sramana Mitra: Why did you go after this kind of problem set? Did you have any background in this?  Arthur Lozinski: I spent a little time at SAT, but Trent and I decided that we wanted to build...

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Jan
04

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Semyon Dukach, Managing Partner at One Way Ventures (Part 1) - Sramana Mitra

Semyon Dukach is Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, a VC fund focused on immigrant founders. Sramana Mitra: We are going to have a conversation with Semyon Dukach, the Managing Partner at One Way...

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Jan
04

Thursday, January 7 – 514th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs - Sramana Mitra

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 514th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, January 7, 2021, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious...

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Jan
04

Cloud Stocks: Proofpoint in the Cyber Attack Aftermath - Sramana Mitra

According to a recent Verified Market Research report, the global email encryption market in the post-COVID-19 scenario is estimated to grow 24% annually to $19.27 billion by 2027 driven by the Bring...

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Jan
04

Bootstrapping Using Services, Managing a Successful Pivot: Oomnitza CEO Arthur Lozinski (Part 1) - Sramana Mitra

Arthur talks about an excellent pivot that is quite enlightening. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of...

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Dec
23

Rendezvous Recording from December 8, 2020 - Sramana Mitra

Sharing insights and answering questions from entrepreneurs on building successful startups. Discussion revolves around my article, Startup Ideas for the Post Covid World: Meaningful Friendships...

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