Entrepreneurs are invited to the 648th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, August 1, 2024, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, Read Full Article ..read more

Rajeev Madhavan, Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures, discusses how he is investing in AI startups and what he is learning from the market ..read more

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During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Rajeev Madhavan, Founder and General Partner at Clear Ventures. We discussed how Rajeev is investing in AI startups and what he is learning from the market. Lavva As for pitches, first up, we had Elizabeth Fisher from Brooklyn, New York, pitch Lavva, a natural probiotic. Foundation Read Full Article ..read more

There’s a common problem with Founder-led Sales: Positioning changes on the fly on a daily basis. Let’s look at a scenario for a virtual meeting product out to compete with Zoom and Webex: On Monday, the product use case is a virtual meeting for 1000 employees. On Tuesday, the use case is a virtual meeting Read Full Article ..read more

IBM (NYSE: IBM) recently announced strong results for its second quarter that surpassed analyst estimates driven by a boost in its AI business. IBM’s Financials Revenues for the second quarter grew 2% to $15.8 billion, beating the Street’s estimates of $15.62 billion. Adjusted earnings of $2.43 per share were ahead of the analyst estimates of Read Full Article ..read more

I always love Bootstrapping to Exit stories. Chris and his brother bootstrapped a wonderful startup and sold it for $40M. Read on for the nuances. Sramana Mitra: All right, Chris, let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised? What kind of backgrounds? Chris Sinkinson: I’m from a small town Read Full Article ..read more

Today’s 647th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, July 25, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!         ..read more

Sramana Mitra: Power story is a very complex story. As you were talking about your training, I was thinking about my engineering training and one of my favorite courses at MIT was Anant Agarwal’s VLSI design course. That is actually very automatable, right? Now you train AI to do chip design, and AI can design Read Full Article ..read more

I see segmentation errors left, right and center. As such, I see sloppy TAM models left, right and center too. Segmentation requires a precise profiling of your ideal customer with a host of parameters each of which can individually slash your TAM down by 10%. Let’s look at a scenario: The product is for a black haired woman. TAM = $1 Billion. No, the product is for a black haired woman with short hair. TAM = $500 Million. Oh no, the product is actually for a black haired woman with short curly hair. TAM = $200 Million. No no no, the product is actually for a black haired woman with sh ..read more