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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

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No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products.

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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

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Charge-back accounting solution for large enterprises deploying cloud technologies. Ric Telford, VP of cloud services, IBM pointed me to the rather significant move towards rolling out private clouds at large enterprises, a move that IBM is spearheading by providing full stacks of infrastructure technologies.

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Strategy Roundtable: Do Not Spray and Pray

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Then Dhana Cohen pitched TheNextBigZing.com where she has collected various merchants with video reviews of products. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. All three of today's roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar. TheNextBigZing.com.

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Strategy Roundtable: Try To Get At Least $2M Pre-Money In Seed Round Valuation

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At today's roundtable we had some interesting companies and a lot of fundraising discussions, and I will review them shortly. Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right

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From what I have seen, this is one of the few companies that can cross the elusive billion dollar mark in due course. Having turned down all overtures for investment, Zoho continues merrily on in its bootstrapping path. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Statisco Economic Analytics. Discuss.

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Strategy Roundtable: Open Opportunities in Cloud Computing and Rural BPO

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Then Kristen Becker presented Kir Devries , an e-commerce site that offers a well-edited collection of unique goods for practical everyday living that have been sourced due to their impeccable craftsmanship, unique design and style, and their "good factor" in the moderate price range. Kir Devries.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Dedicated To Steve Jobs, Reinforcing Mission To Restructure Capitalism

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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. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. What makes 1M/1M unique? iFood.tv.