Betsy Corcoran, Founder and CEO of EdSurge, is an authority on the subject of educational technology.
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J.T. O’Donnell, a top 20 LinkedIn Influencer, and CEO of Work It Daily (formerly Careerealism and CareerHMO), shares what she is seeing from the career coaching perspective. Our observations about this gigantic trend of people starting companies while holding onto their full-time jobs, is from the entrepreneurship perspective. J.T. is in the middle of the decision-making process as people are trying to decide how to play their careers and when to become entrepreneurs.
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Janet Kosloff, Co-Founder and CEO at InCrowd, has bootstrapped her company, then raised about $2.5 million in funding and hit $10 million in revenue in 2016. She shares insights from her journey.
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Heidi Jannenga, Co-founder and President at WebPT, yet another scrappy entrepreneur who managed to bootstrap to over $1M ARR and THEN raised the first million in angel funding.
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Sash Sunkara, Founder and CEO at RackWare, is a rare example of a female startup CEO who has built a sizable venture funded technology company in hardcore tech. She shared her journey and the discussion was enlightening.
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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Sash Sunkara, Founder and CEO at RackWare. Sash is a rare example of a female startup CEO who has built a sizable venture funded technology company in hardcore tech. She shared her journey and the discussion was enlightening.
Flocknshop.com
Up first, Bhaskar Mani from Bangalore, India, pitched Flocknshop.com, an online collaborative shopping application. There are some strategic decisions to make with the company on how to bootstrap to traction, go-to-market (B-to-B or B-to-C), etc.
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Therese Tucker, Founder and CEO of BlackLine, is a very successful female entrepreneur who followed our core philosophy of bootstrap first, raise money later. When I first met her in 2009, her company was in the $10 million revenue range. Subsequently, it has continued to grow at 50% CAGR year over year, and Therese raised private equity funding in 2013 to take liquidity for herself and her team. With annual recurring revenue in the $65 million range, and continued growth at 50%, $100 million revenue is not far in the horizon. And with that, the company’s valuation will easily touch unicorn levels.
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During this week’s roundtable, our guest was Heidi Jannenga, Co-founder and President at WebPT, yet another scrappy entrepreneur who managed to bootstrap to over $1M ARR and THEN raised the first million in angel funding. Wonderful story!
StreakHelmet
As for pitches, up first Abhishek Chatrani from Chennai, India, pitched StreakHelmet, a smart helmet company that wants to prevent deaths caused by people riding without protection on two-wheelers in India. Noble cause, smart concept.
Walleee
Next Sidharth Vijayan from San Francisco, CA, pitched Walleee, a personal finance management app focused on helping consumers save for specific personal agendas like travel, high-ticker purchases, milestone experiences, etc. Interesting idea. Very early stage.
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