Bootstrapping Using Services to a Fabulous Exit from Ohio: Gathi Analytics CEO Vamsi Kora (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How long did you stay with Nationwide? Vamsi Kora: I stayed until 2007. I became a full-time employee in an initial management position. Then in 2007, I moved across town to join JP Morgan. JP Morgan bought Bank One. I kept on growing in my career rapidly. I felt that my two interests

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Tech Workers are NOT Quitting. They are Starting Up.

Two articles this week attempt to demystify the myth. In The Economist, the phenomenon is explained thus: The term is elastic, but in essence it makes the proposition that the pandemic has provoked a cultural shift in which workers reassess their priorities. People in low-status jobs will no longer put up with bad pay or

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556th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Seong Kim, Chegg

Seong Kim, Corporate Strategy & Development for Chegg Inc., discusses exit strategy within EdTech.

Cloud Stocks: Coupa Continues to Build on its PaaS

The Global Expense Management Software market is estimated to grow at 16% CAGR from $5.5 billion in 2020 to to $13.3 billion by 2026. San Mateo-based Coupa (Nasdaq: COUP) is building on its PaaS initiative to target this high growth market.

Bootstrapping Using Services to a Fabulous Exit from Ohio: Gathi Analytics CEO Vamsi Kora (Part 1)

Vamsi has bootstrapped Gathi to over $26M in revenue in four years and exited at a fabulous multiple. Much to learn from his journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

Catching Up On Readings: Lessons from 166 Startup IPOs

This feature by Micah Rosenbloom and Joseph Flaherty on Founder Collective reiterates the 1Mby1M philosophy of not overdosing on venture capital. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

12 Udemy Courses on How To Build a Startup with a Small Amount of Capital

Most businesses can be launched in a capital efficient manner. Most businesses can go a long way in a bootstrapped mode. As long as you’re not taking on capital guzzlers like drug discovery or semiconductor chips, you have many options to explore. At 1Mby1M, we don’t insist on fund raising. A bootstrapped, capital-efficient, million dollar

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Non-Technical Founder Building a Tech Startup to over $10m: David Moricca, CEO of Socialive (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: What is the total amount from friends and family investors to get to $10 million? David Moricca: Maybe $9 million. $6.5 million was not as Socialive. A lot of companies do pivot. I hear stories about companies who fail for the first time. They just restart. The thing about that is you’re leaving

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