ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

The discussion today was around Social Media financing and go-to-market strategy. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy , and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I Our discussion today was largely around her financing strategy, and one of the key milestones that I probed her on was: What does it take to get a validated customer? Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap.

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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.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Nonetheless, in the last couple of years, the flow of first-time entrepreneurs who come out with the misconception that Entrepreneurship = Financing has not abated. Folks, please understand a simple point: Business schools, when they teach you entrepreneurship, teach you about financing. Jay does not have that yet. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2011

Pune has become a hotbed of product entrepreneurship in India, and I was curious to see what kinds of ventures are cooking there. He is exploring outside financing, but my concern is that unless the growth rate accelerates, this particular business may not fit the venture model. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

Next, Priyanka Bhatnagar from Pune, India, pitched Priyanka Bhatnagar Jewellery & Accessories , an e-commerce jewelry line. Adam needs a crash course on financing and should go digest the 1M/1M curriculum module on that topic ASAP. Also, folks, remember, the Microsoft India Startup Grant application deadline is May 31.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Earlier, of course, we covered AngelList at length , also a crowd sourcing venture in the angel financing space, and this week, we have covered SecondMarket , which is powering Facebook's private market capital raising. 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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ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

It is currently evaluating options and strategies for growth and the possibility of additional financing. I like the idea, but to go from idea to financing, there is a long road for Adarsh to travel still. 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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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

You then become dependent on outside financing, and that is a slippery slope. It is very expensive to scale operations in multiple cities, and there is absolutely no chance of VCs financing yet another Groupon look alike without serious traction. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. I said, no.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Benson's business needs $500,000 to get off the ground, buy a machine, and meet the operating expenses, and he primarily came to discuss his financing options. My assessment is that this is not a traditional venture financing type deal. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Cristina currently has a couple of large customers in pilot mode, and is starting to show metrics on how much improvement IDES can deliver over existing analytics engines. All this, could, potentially, be done without external financing. At this point, financing discussions are premature and are likely not to yield success.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

It is, however, too early for financing. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. It's a decent concept, and we discussed nuances of how the logic will flow. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We have discussed the topic of technology product companies from India on my blog for many years now. I can say this with confidence based on my first hand experience mentoring a number of serious and promising Indian product entrepreneurs in the 1M/1M program, one of which, Freshdesk, has just raised financing from Accel Partners.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

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. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

As you know, we strongly believe in trying to get to customers and channel partners as early as possible and even using that as alternative financing , rather than beating the pavement looking for equity capital without adequate validation - a path that yields a 99% rejection rate. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some intensive discussions around market sizing and its impact on financing. So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing. But she needs to drop her tendency to "expand."

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

He is looking to raise money now, but I must say, his financing strategy made me cringe. 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. We have to work on that! Financial Consulting Service.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I started a career in real estate in 2008 (when the market was crashing). For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. I had taken photographs with film cameras as a child in India, but I never had any particularly good equipment.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Friday, October 10, 2008. The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. When we first published Bessemer’s Top 10 Laws for Being "SaaS-y" in early 2008 in conjunction with our annual invitation-only SaaS CEO Summit, we were overwhelmed with the positive response and feedback we received. Philippe Botteri.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. In fact, I was pleased to even see an entrepreneur from Kolkata, India, the city in which I was born and raised. As I keep reiterating, 99% of the businesses that go out for financing get rejected. Estate Lister. ServiceSutra.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

So, in 2008, I began selling new and refurbished servers and storage lines, which quickly became advantageous to those small-and medium-sized businesses who needed to save money during the cash-strapped days of the recession and chose upgrading their systems versus buying new. #10) And this was at a prestigious engineering school.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 30, 2011

India and Israel pitch their businesses. First, Senthil Natchimuthu from Coimbatire, India, discussed directdialogs. Jeu is trying to figure out his financing options, and the majority of the discussion today was around target market, product roadmap, and monetization models, which are the factors that would drive investment strategy.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Europe and India are growing particularly quickly, and investment more than doubled from 2015, while the US is up 20%. The pace of SaaS company creation in Europe is growing even faster, up from 200 companies in 2008-10 to 670 in 2014-16. in the US, $2.6B in Europe and $0.9B Our investments in the space have followed suit.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

However, how do you get to critical mass, and how do you finance the period during which this business runs on red ink? How much time do you budget for red ink financing? Whichever direction you go, please do not assume that some VC is going to finance you during this phase. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

For example, say, Barclays has a customer in the UK who also wants a bank account in India. Barclays may want to have a partnership with State Bank of India and offer the customer an easy, seamless process to open the second account. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Israeli flag photo by Ron Almog.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. Finances were just one part of the story. the hardware ecosystem in India) and internal reasons (e.g. It’s free. Get started here.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

You have to finance the period of traffic building that is pretty much red-ink financing. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Silicon Valley photo by Franco Folini.

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Altgate

MARCH 31, 2009

  Since the project is so international (China, India, Israel, US and UK) the ideal candidate will have a background (or interest in) international business.    It's a business analyst position on a new project at J. Robert Scott, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments. 

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

SM: In September 2008, when the first Entrepreneur Journeys book was released, D.D. Our community has successfully established a culture of bootstrapping as a counterforce to the compulsive rush to financing that entrepreneurs mistakenly often engage in, only to be rejected over and again by investors.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 1, 2009

Data is analyzed by: founder/non-founder status, company revenue and headcount, geography, business segment, and number of financing rounds raised. CEOs or CFOs of startups in the US, China, India, Israel, or the UK in the technology or life science industry should consider taking the survey. Head of Engineering 1.32%.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. OrangeScape.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Finding money online (principally online lending) has not seen the same level of explosive growth in the US, although in Europe and India there has been real growth in microlending (including “pay day loans”) from companies ranging from Wonga to SKS Finance.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

She is an award winning journalist and author of two critically acclaimed books, "Once Youre Lucky, Twice Youre Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0" (Gotham Books, May 2008) and "Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos" (Wiley, February 2011). Source: The Next Web ]. -

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