ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 21, 2013

When we launched two years ago, for example, the whole development team was based in India. As a one-man founder bootstrapping the business, this allowed me to hire a team for much less money. Plus, with India being 2.5 See also The Pros And Cons Of IT Outsourcing: Globally, Nationally And Locally.).

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

He needs to bootstrap it to a certain level, and following the 1M/1M methodology would be a good start. Overall, I like this notion of social shipping, since as we become a more global world, and as e-commerce takes off in more geographies, this could be a service not only applicable to Costa Rica, but much more broadly in many nations.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). Its mission is to help a million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond, build $1 trillion in sustainable global GDP, and create 10 million jobs. Photo by takatuka.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

At today's roundtable, we had some very interesting discussions on creative bootstrapping. Next Laval Bhatt with Trinity Business Solutions discussed his fledgling consulting company in India offering business requirements analysis and a set of other services to IT consulting companies and a variety of other segments. Photo by wax115.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Globally, this is a much larger number. Her Entrepreneur Journeys book series, Entrepreneur Journeys , Bootstrapping: Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction , Positioning: How To Test, Validate, and Bring Your Idea To Market Innovation: Need Of The Hour , as well as Vision India 2020 , are all available from Amazon. Photo by tatlin.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

As a result, the expectation is that you have to figure out a way to get to some level of momentum on your own (by bootstrapping) or with small doses of angel money - "drip financing" so to speak. Gnosis India. In today's India, people with high-end engineering skills are in high demand. Photo by wax115.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Unlike societies like India where the extended family is deeply integrated into the fabric of society, and where domestic help is affordable and abundant, Western societies tend to consist of more nuclear families. Being a completely bootstrapped company, Steals.com cannot offer its team the best possible pay.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

At present, ISA has a set of pilot clients and is toying with the idea of going global. Well, you can't really go "global" without a go-to-market strategy that evaluates different markets, and assesses the competitive positioning in each of them. It could be a good business to bootstrap the social/mobile edutainment business with.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

And these pilots will pay for her early bootstrapping phase. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). I advised her to get one or two reference customers out of her current pilots, and then start charging the follow-on pilot customers.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Raghava Kashyapa then discussed Qualitas Technologies , a system integration company in India focused on the industrial automation market. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). Qualitas Technologies. Photo by svilen001.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Then Amit Gurung pitched a business plan to create a distribution channel for product companies trying to cater to the rural base-of-the-pyramid (BPO) market in India. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). Photo by designkryt.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 21, 2011

I presented my usual 1M/1M perspective on bootstrapping. Even if there were fleeting thoughts of being bailed out by investors, they have now been banished and we are focusing on bootstrapping and making the model work with customer money." What I liked about this company was its deep domain knowledge and niche nature.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Again, referring back to the Finisar case study I often teach on this topic , bootstrapping using services is a very effective way to build companies. Yes, I am sure David's venture is eminently fundable within a few months. Photo by emsago.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

—– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India. Upekkha works with SaaS founders of Indian origin that use the India advantage for creating capital efficient growth. Region: Global with focus on Europe and US . Industries: Sector-agnostic.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

They should be built organically, bootstrapped, and get to sustainability. Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. CricketWeekly.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

It certainly will be a better way to bootstrap the company. She is a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and strategy consultant who writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy , and is the author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. SOCO Games.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

In 1M/1M, we have extensive expertise on bootstrapping e-commerce businesses, and will be happy to help her navigate the paths of customer acquisition, inventory, merchandising, and financing. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

The company has bootstrapped using services, a philosophy we espouse heavily in 1M/1M, and has simultaneously gathered a group of angel investors who are supporting it through the next phase. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

#9- Desire to go global. I wanted to be the first Indian beauty/wellness brand to go truly global. India has been known for 1000’s of years for health and beauty routines/ideas like Ayurveda/Yoga, which have derived inspiration from Nature. 20- Add value to the global human community. Photo Credit: Ashwin Sokke.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Again, referring back to the Finisar case study I often teach on this topic , bootstrapping using services is a very effective way to build companies. Yes, I am sure Davids venture is eminently fundable within a few months.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Again, referring back to the Finisar case study I often teach on this topic , bootstrapping using services is a very effective way to build companies. Yes, I am sure Davids venture is eminently fundable within a few months.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

One of the discussions that ensued was about how to bootstrap a freemium venture. Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

New Global Markets. First up, David Nordell from Kfar Ya'avetz, Israel, pitched New Global Markets , a solution for making it easier for banks to offer their customers global banking facilities. For example, say, Barclays has a customer in the UK who also wants a bank account in India.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

The challenges of bootstrapping a venture that is dependent on ad-revenue is, however, also quite significant. Spencer needs to think through a strategy for bootstrapping that phase. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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Austin Startup

MAY 3, 2017

Today’s economy is substantially more freelance for one, but as it pertains to technology and innovative entrepreneurship, we find ourselves in an era that is bringing tech to traditional industries that have yet to have fully embraced what the internet has caused: data, connectivity, globalization, scalability, and efficiency. too obvious?)

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

I don’t believe in the myth of the self-made man or woman that you are who you are, and you can achieve what you can achieve really because you believed it hard enough, and you pulled yourself up by your bootstraps to get there. Then he goes to India, and he gets exposed to a whole different world. I’m a fan of hard work.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. By April 2010, the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) global initiative had been formally named.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

people in India, 700k have cell phones with SMS, not smart phones, 66% of women do the work but receive 10% of income, 1% of property.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

people in India, 700k have cell phones with SMS, not smart phones, 66% of women do the work but receive 10% of income, 1% of property.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. on a global scale. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. OrangeScape.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

If you want the site to translate ancient Arabic poetry to Spanish to increase global tolerance, just say, “Translate paragraphs from Arabic to Spanish.” In it theres meeting with a guru in India who defines what a guru really does. For example: If you want to sell videos, you dont need to say whats in the videos. Be succinct.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. TIE UK : TiE, a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, TiE is an organization of industry professionals who share the common interests of promoting and fostering entrepreneurial efforts. Benhamou Global Ventures.

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