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Thursday, May 23, 2024, 8:00 AM PDT As part of the 1Mby1M global virtual accelerator, Sramana Mitra offers FREE online mentoring roundtable for entrepreneurs

If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. I've always been bullish about niche e-commerce. Here's the story from 2016 of an entrepreneur who had successfully bootstrapped a company in high-end light fixtures, Elite Fixtures CEO Steven Annese. 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? Steven Annese: I'm a c...

If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. In 2021, Oomnitza Co-founder CEO Arthur Lozinski spoke with me about an excellent pivot that is quite enlightening. Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have? Arthur Lozinski: Both my parents were from the Soviet Union. I was born in the Soviet Union in a country called Latvia...

If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. We continue our coverage of bootstrapping using services with a conversation from 2020 with Codesigned Founder CEO Jake Weaver. 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? Jake Weaver: I'm from a very small town in the middle of Missouri in the Midwest called Lynn Creek, which...

If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Some of us have worked relentlessly for decades to bring about the change in India from a largely services-driven technology industry to one that today produces credible products sold all over the world. Ameyo is one of the early examples of this shift, and Co-founder CEO Sachin Bhatia is an early visionary in this journey. Ameyo was acquired by Exotel in 2021. Sachin is also a long-term ...

If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Onit Co-founder Eric Elfman has built two sizable companies in legal tech from Houston, Texas. Great journey! Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have? Eric Elfman: I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. I had a different educational journey compared to a lot of entrepreneu...

If you haven't already, please study our new Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. We're big fans of bootstrapping, virtual companies, and domain knowledge. FPD Solutions (formerly Field Pros Direct) Founder CEO Matt Anderson's story from 2020 has all these ingredients. Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have? Matt Anderson: I'm from a small ...

If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. In 2020, Coalition Technologies was still largely a services company, but also had a few products. Co-founder Jordan Brannon shared the company's well-managed 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? Jordan Brannon: I was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I grew u...

If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. In 2020, D2L Founder CEO John Baker shared this terrific story of bootstrapped entrepreneurship in EdTech. Sramana Mitra: Let's go to the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? John Baker: I'm based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. I was born in a fishing village on the northeast coast of Newfoundland. When ...

If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Rich Waldron, Co-founder and CEO of Tray.io, was building an authentic tech company from London when we spoke in 2020. While the company could have become a so-called Unicorn by loading up on liquidation preferences, they chose not to do so. Excellent story. Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what ...