{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Ventures from The Valley","title":"From Knives to SaaS: Building, Scaling, and Exiting with Jim Kolchin of iWallet","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d18fbca9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3168,"description":"In this episode of Ventures from the Valley, host Victor Orlovski sits down with Jim Kolchin, a serial entrepreneur and founder of iWallet. From a Soviet childhood to his successes in Silicon Valley, Jim shares his entrepreneurial journey, including the bootstrapping story behind iWallet. They explore the hard-learned lessons of launching hardware products, the advantage of a solid market entry strategy, and Jim’s insights into building scalable ventures without outside capital.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YOcu0kLDdy3azJ6CHb-BvhoJZkdrQney5D7hlI1ejOA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wYTBh/Y2QwMDRhYzI5NWQw/YzU2Njk2Y2U1MmMy/YTFmYy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}