This report from CB Insights covers the funding trends and highlights of the AI ecosystem. Global AI funding fell 34% to $45.88B in 2022 but rebounded in Q4’22, which had five new AI unicorns. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.
Tech Posts
Cloud Stocks: DocuSign is Building on AI and Self Serve Capabilities
Cloud Stocks: Adobe Beta Launches its Generative AI Tool – the Firefly
Entrepreneur Journeys
Bootstrapping to $3M a month: Prequel CEO Timur Khabirov
Solo Entrepreneur to $10M+ Niche E-commerce Success: DoggieLawn Founder Natalie Youn
From Developer to Entrepreneur: A Guide to Bootstrapping and Startup Creation
Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence
Iterate CTO Brian Sathianathan
Best of Bootstrapping
Bootstrapped CloudSense with Services on Force.com
Bootstrapped a Book E-commerce Business
Student Entrepreneurs Bootstrapped an E-Commerce Company to $19M
Bootstrapped to an “Inc. 500” Company in Four Years
Bootstrapped Using Services and Scaled Using Content Marketing
Seed Capital
Use Bootstrapping with Services to Increase Your Probability of Fund Raising
Upcoming 1Mby1M Roundtables
As part of the 1M/1M initiative, Sramana Mitra offers free online strategy roundtables for entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture. Only the first five who register to Pitch will be able to present their business ideas. These roundtables are public forums and recordings of all sessions are available here. Entrepreneurs who pitch at the roundtables will receive media exposure through the 1M/1M roundtable recap column which is posted on Sramana’s blog and elsewhere. All attendees are able to join in on the conversations via a live chat.
Thursday, March 30, 2023, 8 a.m. PDT, Register Here.
Thursday, April 13, 2023, 8 a.m. PDT, Register Here.
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 8 a.m. PDT, Register Here.
Those who register to pitch will receive instructions on the preparation required, including a roundtable slides pitch template. We also recommend using the 1Mby1M Self Assessment Tool to help prepare to pitch. If you are interested in being introduced to investors, please read the Investor Introductions page.
Checkout Sramana Mitra’s courses for entrepreneurs on Udemy, which are frequently discounted.