557th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Eva Yazhari, Beyond Capital Ventures

Eva Yazhari, General Partner at Beyond Capital Ventures, discusses Impact Investing in Africa and India.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Dr. Aniruddha Malpani, Founder of Malpani Ventures (Part 1)

Dr. Aniruddha Malpani, Founder of Malpani Ventures, is an active angel investor in Indian startups for the past decade. Wonderful conversation.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s catch up a bit on what has been going on in our collective universe and how you see the world based on all these years of observing the ecosystem. How do you see the Indian startup ecosystem evolving?

Roundtable Recap: January 27 – Non-Unicorn Chasing Investment Philosophy

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Christopher Mirabile, Senior Managing Director at Launchpad Venture Group. We had an awesome conversation about a non-Unicorn chasing investment philosophy. If the topic interests you, please check out my Udemy course Alternatives to Unicorn Chasing VCs with Sramana Mitra.

Das Infomedia

1Mby1M Premium member Dhaval Patel from Ahmedabad, India, pitched Das Infomedia. We discussed positioning for a new product.

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11 Udemy Courses On How To Raise Seed Funding in the US Midwest

While the broader trends are similar throughout the United States, I find Midwestern investors to be very pragmatic. They’re usually more interested in capital-efficient startups and more accepting of early exits at modest multiples.

Roundtable Recap: January 20 – Discussion on Funding Bootstrapping with Services Ventures with BV Jagdeesh

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest BV Jagadeesh, Managing Partner at KAAJ Ventures, and a super accomplished serial entrepreneur.

Dataplant

Nilay Khadepau from Mumbai, India, pitched Dataplant a company focused on giving consumers better control over their data.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Seong Kim, Corporate Strategy & Development at Chegg Inc. (Part 1)

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

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with a little bit of introduction. What path have you pursued in the industry? Then we’ll get into some specific topics.

Seong Kim: I’ve been working in Corporate Strategy & Development for the past six and a half years. To me, it’s important to articulate my role in that way because the strategy part must lead the development part. The characteristic that most differentiates what I do now versus what I did prior is the strategy part.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Seksom Suriyapa, Partner at Upfront Ventures (Part 1)

Seksom Suriyapa, Partner at Upfront Ventures, and formerly Head of Corp Dev at Twitter, SuccessFactors, and McAfee and Akamai discusses exit strategy from the buy-side perspective at length.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by having you talk a little bit about your background in corp dev doing acquisitions from the buy side from various significant companies before you switched to the venture side.

557th Roundtable Recording with Eva Yazhari, Beyond Capital Ventures

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