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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

31 employees according to Linkedin, but seems to be bootstrapped. Run live podcasts, townhalls, AMAs with your users to increase engagement and get feedback over audio chat without taking them to a different platform Leher – India based audio rooms social network. Bootstrapped. Stereo , launched in 2020 and is based in LA.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

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During today's roundtable, we had four Microsoft BizSpark Startup India Challenge grant finalists present. Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support.

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Strategy Roundtable: Do Not Spray and Pray

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Next, Umakant Soni discussed Vimagino.com , a software for Web-based Q&A support to engage customers better on sites that are trying to draw people in and convert them into customers. Now, the Web self-service software market is very crowded with major players like RightNow already deeply entrenched. Vimagino.com.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

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This is typically called “bootstrapping&# and it is fraught with potential pitfalls and dangers. What is bootstrapping? So, what does it mean to bootstrap a company? Bootstrapping involves launching a business on a low budget. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

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The New Order of Silicon Valley: Forget the Silicon Part

Diego Basch

They use commodity hardware, and reuse as much software as they can. Either you will bootstrap the business or you will partner with someone local to fund it, because VCs won’t give you the time of the day. build an execution team wherever convenient (could be Asia, Europe, India, anywhere in the US, who knows).

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Niche Marketplace Businesses Can Be Interesting

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It turns out that in my Vision India 2020 book, I have a similar project called FDBI. Her market penetration plan is to start with India, and she wanted to know what kinds of options/connections we could provide. She is also considering developing software to address these issues. million financing round for. Photo by kipcurry.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

17- To introduce custom software products. I always had a liking towards new-age solutions and I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and start an endeavor that can provide quality tailor-made software solutions at a cost-effective price. Thanks to Derek Gallimore, Outsource Accelerator ! #17- 19- Continue Family legacy.