2022-10-01 13:36
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Faisal is one of those rare entrepreneurs who have managed to grow his business with no outside financing to significant scale. We discuss his journey
2022-10-01 11:00
Sramana Mitra: The workflow that you are facilitating is in the KYC AML in the context of trading.
Gabino Roche: A little bit. Everyone uses the term KYC AML and they imply tax, which is… Read More
2022-09-30 14:39
According to a recent report, the global serverless architecture market is projected to grow at 23% CAGR to reach $21.1 billion 2025. Digital Ocean (NYSE: DOCN) has been expanding its presen… Read More
2022-09-30 14:13
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Koncert (formerly ConnectLeader) CEO Senraj Soundar had boot… Read More
2022-09-30 13:10
Sramana Mitra: Where are you looking right now? What verticals are underserved where you think such large opportunities exist? What kinds of verticals are you looking at?
Yanev Suissa: We… Read More
2022-09-30 10:58
Sramana Mitra: Tell me about the customer progress from 2017 to 2022. You had five years’ worth of customer development that has happened. Tell me about who those customers were, what… Read More
2022-09-29 15:09
Yanev Suissa: We are also very comfortable going deep on the vertical side of things rather than just horizontally. You could build multi-billion dollar businesses in verticals that aren&rsq&hell…Read More
2022-09-29 14:55
Today’s 592nd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, September 29, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join… Read More
2022-09-29 14:34
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When we spoke in 2019, Faction Founder Luke Norris had execu… Read More
2022-09-29 14:30
Today’s 592nd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, September 29, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HER… Read More
2022-09-29 13:00
According to a recent market report, the global Cloud Storage Market is expected to grow at 18% CAGR from $77.5 billion in 2021 to $208.1 billion by 2028. San Mateo-based Backblaze (Nasdaq:… Read More
2022-09-28 14:42
Sramana Mitra: India has been incredibly productive. Europe has started producing interesting companies. They want global customers and they want to set up shop in the US. European firms oft… Read More
2022-09-28 14:27
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You may have read our PaaS coverage, as well as Bootstr… Read More
2022-09-28 13:00
Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) recently reported its quarterly results that continued to outpace market expectations. But the biggest news for the company was its $20 billion acquisition of Figma, a s… Read More
2022-09-28 11:08
Sramana Mitra: Let’s come to the year that you started Saphyre. What year was that?
Gabino Roche: 2017. I remember it was scary. To do work in finance, you had to go all in. I told… Read More
2022-09-27 16:07
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SignalWire Founder CEO Anthony Minessale is building a very… Read More
2022-09-27 16:02
Sramana Mitra: When something fits your investment thesis, what do you want to see in the company when you’re doing a seed investment? What is the earliest stage check that you’r… Read More
2022-09-27 14:35
According to a recent report, the global NAND flash memory market is expected to grow at 5% CAGR from $66.52 billion in 2021 to reach $94.24 billion by 2027. The current macro trends of… Read More
2022-09-27 10:07
Sramana Mitra: You learn a tremendous amount in failures. It gives you the time to pivot. There are a lot of pivots involved in finding product-market fit. Having the time to do that pivot w… Read More
2022-09-27 07:15
Yanev Suissa, Managing Partner and Founder at SineWave Ventures, discusses his firm’s successes as well as its investment thesis. Vertical Cloud is one of the key ones with an emphasis… Read More
2022-09-26 15:06
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When we spoke in 2020, Lilia Stoyanov, CEO of Transformify… Read More
2022-09-26 14:00
According to a recent report, the Global DevOps Market is estimated to grow at 20% CAGR from $7.4 billion in 2021 to reach $37.2 billion by 2030. San Francisco-based PagerDuty (NYSE: PD) rec… Read More
2022-09-26 09:04
Gabino and Stephen have built a wonderful FinTech company and tell their story with wonderful flair and candor.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your journey. Where… Read More
2022-09-25 18:25
This report from CB Insights ranks the 100 most promising private AI companies in the world that are working on diverse solutions designed to recycle plastic waste, improve hearing aids, and… Read More
2022-09-25 14:43
Anirudh Damani is Managing Partner at Artha Venture Fund. We have a terrific discussion on the Indian Startup Ecosystem and its trends Read More
2022-09-25 14:31
Sramana Mitra: When you decided to pick on, what was the process?
David Chmielewski: My initial endeavors were around disputes. It was always near and dear to our hearts. For Joe, one of… Read More
2022-09-25 10:00
I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and… Read More
2022-09-24 15:36
Sramana Mitra: This is a topic that I’ve been very passionate about – The Renaissance Mind. I have a large body of writings on this. If you follow me on LinkedIn, I have a series… Read More
2022-09-24 15:05
I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and… Read More
2022-09-24 14:30
Sramana Mitra: Who on your team was the key sales guy?
David Chmielewski: That’s Joe McLean who’s now our CEO. He was able to sell and fill clients with that confidence. I als… Read More
2022-09-23 15:02
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.
What is the best bootstrapping tactic for B-to-B startups? S… Read More
2022-09-23 14:43
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 592nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST.
If you… Read More
2022-09-23 14:31
In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: Read More
2022-09-23 14:29
During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Anirudh Damani, Managing Partner at Artha Venture Fund. We had a terrific discussion on the Indian Startup Ecosystem and its trends… Read More
2022-09-23 13:00
According to a recent report, the global digital signature market size was estimated to grow at 28% CAGR from $4.4 billion in 2021 to $42 billion by 2030. DocuSign (Nasdaq: DOCU) recently an… Read More
2022-09-23 11:33
Sramana Mitra: You’ve touched upon a few different open opportunities. One is you talked about the gap in the visualization space. There are a lot of data solutions but, when it comes… Read More
2022-09-23 09:21
David Chmielewski: The closer you can stick to having a real product, the better you’re going to come out in the end. It’s really those first three or four clients that help refi… Read More
2022-09-22 14:55
Today’s 591st FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, September 22, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join… Read More
2022-09-22 14:30
Today’s 591st FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, September 22, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HER… Read More
2022-09-22 13:29
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In these unusual times, many who once dreamed of funding are… Read More
2022-09-22 13:00
According to a recent report, the global cyber security market size is expected to grow 9% annually from $173.5 billion in 2022 to $266.2 billion by 2027 fueled by the increasing adoption of… Read More
2022-09-22 11:32
Sramana Mitra: Name the companies that are very expensive to use but address the problems you’re talking about.
Dheeraj Pandey: SQL-based data warehouses. Snowflake did an amazing j… Read More
2022-09-22 09:26
Sramana Mitra: You knew the specs of what needed to be built. That kind of domain knowledge is invaluable.
David Chmielewski: Right. We knew what we wanted to build. We already built it… Read More
2022-09-21 15:04
Over the years, we have developed a proven methodology for building tech startups. We have started packaging the 1Mby1M methodology into short courses on Udemy. This is an extension of our s… Read More
2022-09-21 14:34
According to a recent report, the Global SaaS-based Expense Management market is expected to grow at 11% CAGR to reach $6.6 billion by 2028. San Mateo-based Coupa (Nasdaq: COUP) recently ann… Read More
2022-09-21 12:30
Sramana Mitra: Wearables is a very interesting industry that is going to be entirely design-driven. What about on the IT side whether it’s a healthcare IT or software-driven solution?… Read More
2022-09-21 09:24
David Chmielewski: We established Quavo as a virtual company. We used most of the methodology that we learned at BoA. How do you run a remote company? We all decided to leave our positions a… Read More
2022-09-20 14:48
According to a recent report, the global infrastructure as code (IaC) market is estimated to grow at 24% CAGR to $2.3 billion by 2027 from $0.8 billion this year. IaC technologies assist sys… Read More
2022-09-20 14:44
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.
We’re big fans of bootstrapping to exit case studies… Read More
2022-09-20 11:28
Sramana Mitra: Our focus is on the early stage. Let’s double-click down on your early-stage work. How do you define early-stage?
Dheeraj Pandey: I don’t believe in spray-and-p… Read More
2022-09-20 09:22
Sramana Mitra: Why were you looking for remote work?
David Chmielewski: I had found my wife at Auto Owners, got married, and didn’t want to leave. I grew up in Michigan. I still liv… Read More
2022-09-19 13:46
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Michelle Munson is Co-founder of Aspera, a company she began… Read More
2022-09-19 13:00
According to a recent report, the Global DevOps Market is expected to grow 20% annually over the next few years from $37.2 million in 2030. DevOps platform provider GitLab (Nasdaq:GTLB) rece… Read More
2022-09-19 11:27
Dheeraj Pandey, founder of Nutanix and DevRev. The conversation spans a variety of topics and has some brilliant insights into the gaps in the tech industry.
Sramana Mitra: We’re go… Read More
2022-09-19 10:01
I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and… Read More
2022-09-19 09:17
Dave transitioned from a developer to an entrepreneur by leveraging his solid domain knowledge in a particular area of FinTech: dispute resolution for credit card transactions. He and his co… Read More
2022-09-19 04:41
This feature from CB Insights looks at all aspects of Web3 including DeFi and NFTs. It also gives an in-depth insight into its impact on the digital economy. For this week’s posts, cli… Read More
2022-09-18 17:38
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 591st FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, September 22, 2022, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST.
If you… Read More
2022-09-18 16:36
In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here: Read More
2022-09-18 16:34
During this week’s roundtable, we had a pitch from a B-to-C app company that wants to raise financing off the bat. We had Raj Yadav from Prayagraj, India, pitching CureAI, a digi… Read More
2022-09-18 15:36
I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and… Read More
2022-09-18 15:08
Sramana Mitra: What trends are you seeing in SaaS companies finding growth strategies? What are the primary customer acquisition channels that are producing really well?
Tea Hea Nahm: Whe… Read More
2022-09-18 11:42
Sramana Mitra: How big is this segment you’re catering to?
Brian Cox: I always say a third of the country. Miami Herald did an article this year talking about the impact of the infr… Read More
2022-09-17 14:06
Sramana Mitra: How do you read the open source trend? The commercial open source trend has also been going gangbusters. A lot of interesting companies have come up with that trend. What are… Read More
2022-09-17 12:40
Sramana Mitra: What are the gating items on the education side? What are the needs of this community on education?
Brian Cox: It’s funny you ask that, but that thought had crossed m… Read More
2022-09-16 14:55
According to a recent report, the global enterprise collaboration market is expected to grow 12% annually over the next few years to reach $101.7 billion by 2028. Smartsheet (Nasdaq: SMAR) r… Read More
2022-09-16 14:49
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Waveform CEO Sina Khanifar started tinkering with bootstrapp… Read More
2022-09-16 12:44
Sramana Mitra: You are comfortable investing in the nuances of SaaS, AI, AI for X. How about two trends that have come on my radar? PaaS for instance. There is a vertical SaaS trend that is… Read More
2022-09-16 11:00
Sramana Mitra: You have come this far and you are in 8,000 stores, and you have done it with commission reps.
Brian Cox: Yes, and by finding smaller companies that have plateaued. We were… Read More
2022-09-15 16:31
David Conley: There are two different things to think about. Energy companies have two different types of budgets. They have OPEX budgets and CAPEX budgets. They have this other mechanism th… Read More
2022-09-15 16:12
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Booksy Co-founder and CEO Stefan Batory started a software d… Read More
2022-09-15 15:42
Tae Hea Nahm, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Storm Ventures, emphasizes and articulates his firm’s specific interest in investing in vertical cloud startups.
Sramana Mitra: Let… Read More
2022-09-15 14:55
Today’s 590th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, September 15, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join… Read More
2022-09-15 14:35
Today’s 590th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 25 minutes, on Thursday, September 15, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HER… Read More
2022-09-15 14:20
According to a recent report, the global security analytics market is expected to grow from $12 billion in 2021 to $25.4 billion by 2026 at a CAGR of over 16%. The continued demand for prior… Read More
2022-09-15 10:39
Sramana Mitra: I imagine that because this consumer base doesn’t have credit cards, the entire e-commerce capability will be enabled by something like what you’re talking about… Read More
2022-09-14 14:38
According to a recent report, the global database-as-a-service market is estimated to grow at 16% CAGR to reach $24.8 billion by 2025 from $12 billion in 2020, driven by the need for self-dr… Read More
2022-09-14 14:30
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.
Before the pandemic in 2020, ButcherBox Founder and CEO Mike… Read More
2022-09-14 13:32
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 590th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST.
If you… Read More
2022-09-14 11:39
Sramana Mitra: Let me probe something very specific. When you made the switch by digitizing that whole process of scratchable prepaid cards but were still catering to this low-end consumer b… Read More
2022-09-14 09:29
Sramana Mitra: What’s interesting to me and created a bit of cognitive dissonance is when you think of gas, I would assume that you’re checking for smells.
David Conley: The O… Read More
2022-09-13 15:48
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.
Zoho has been a tremendous success story in the cloud and I… Read More
2022-09-13 14:30
According to a recent report, the global unified communication as a service market is estimated to grow more than 23% annually through 2028. Earlier last month, RingCentral (NYSE:RNG) announ… Read More
2022-09-13 11:38
Brian elucidates a world of underbanked, underserved consumers that we don’t hear much about – many lessons for global entrepreneurs interested in unleashing fortune at the botto… Read More
2022-09-13 09:39
Sramana Mitra: Technologists are very good at finding solutions and looking for problems.
David Conley: I see that a lot. To find a problem, solve it, and find a customer who’ll pay… Read More
2022-09-12 16:16
Global secure access service edge (SASE) market is projected to grow 26% annually to $4.1 billion by 2026 from $1.2 billion in 2021. Cloud security provider Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) recently rep… Read More
2022-09-12 14:11
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.
When we spoke in 2016, Co-founder Taylor Tyng had bootstrapp… Read More
2022-09-12 09:37
David discusses problems, solutions, and open problems in this interview about AI and IoT in the Oil and Gas sector.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing you to our audience an… Read More
2022-09-11 17:37
This report from Gartner analyzes digital banking trends at the ongoing Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2022, Gold Coast. Gartner predicts that 30% of banks with greater than $1 billion in assets w… Read More
2022-09-11 11:54
Sramana Mitra: How long do you think it will take for India to catch up?
Mohanjit Jolly: The next year will be a challenging one. When the next bull run starts, India is going to be playi… Read More
2022-09-11 10:00
I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and… Read More
2022-09-10 15:21
I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and… Read More
2022-09-10 11:52
Sramana Mitra: One of my observations on Now Float is that selling to SMBs in India is hard.
Mohanjit Jolly: That’s right. The dichotomy in India is – Indians love to be pampe… Read More
2022-09-09 13:15
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.
We’ve shared many Bootstrapping Using Services case st… Read More
2022-09-09 13:00
According to a recent report, the global healthcare cloud infrastructure market is estimated to grow at 16% CAGR from $48.1 billion in 2021 till 2030. The growth will be driven by the c… Read More
2022-09-09 12:56
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 590th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST.
If you… Read More
2022-09-09 12:50
In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here: Read More
2022-09-09 12:47
During this week’s roundtable, Francis Gankui Yao from Ghana pitched Herndon Farms, an agriculture venture. We’re seeing more startups from Africa and the trend is expected to bu… Read More
2022-09-09 11:50
Sramana Mitra: Why did you make the decision of focusing on India-for-the-world?
Mohanjit Jolly: One of the reasons is I’m sitting in Palo Alto. I don’t have my finger on the… Read More
2022-09-09 09:13
Sramana Mitra: So tell me more about what happened when you launched it?
Rafael Ortiz: The business was an app for digitizing your wardrobe. The thinking was, we would digitize everything… Read More
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