Krishnakumar Natarajan, Co-founder at Mela Ventures, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis.
>>>Sramana Mitra: All right. Well, it’s an amazingly great story, I think, and there’s a lot to learn from it. I’m really looking forward to publishing the story. So, congratulations. Great job. Really great job with execution, and I take it you’re basically operating with direct sales, right?
Ganesh Shankar: Correct. It is operating with direct sales.
One thing I didn’t cover is how important it is for startups or sales-driven organizations to celebrate early achievements. In the initial days, we understood the philosophy of a few key principles very well.
>>>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 business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Sunset on the Ice I
Sunset on the Ice I | Sramana Mitra, 2022 | Watercolor, Ink | 9 x 5, On Paper
Sramana Mitra: This is something we reinforce all the time in 1Mby1M. Do not chase investors, chase customers. If you get customers, investors will chase you.
>>>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 business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Page Mill III
Page Mill III | Sramana Mitra, 2022 | Watercolor, Ink | 9 x 12, On Paper
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Mo Islam, Partner at Threshold Ventures. discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis. We had an excellent discussion on AI-enabled drug discovery, AI-enabled medical imaging, etc.
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