ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

It turns out that in my Vision India 2020 book, I have a similar project called FDBI. My personal analysis is that to make a financial institution successful by catering to the said segment will require a tight control of the types of businesses that are financed. Also, the business model for the business is unclear.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

While the basic premise is compelling, and I am very interested in entrepreneurship opportunities in this area, the business model is flawed. Some of these businesses should definitely apply for the Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge grants. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Additional work in figuring out the precise go-to-market consumer, academic institution, or enterprise - each is a different business), and consequent business model and pricing model will help enhance the company's valuation. My assessment is that this is a good company that should be able to raise money at this point.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Today, the telecom industry charges customers based on fixed price business models for data services. Bolpur is home to the Viswabharati university, as well as several other small engineering and professional colleges. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

As for business model, Jigar wants to sell services like refilling cards. 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. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Her upcoming campaign of reaching out to 100,000 moms will be one of the first concerted efforts to actually test her business model. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. She wants to sell these products on her site. PowerStores.in. Photo by brokenarts.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

And EVEN if you ARE an experienced entrepreneur, all but just a few VCs still want to see customer validation, business model validation and traction, before they will invest. As far as customer acquisition is concerned, we discussed, again the power of organic search engine optimization. Next comes the topic of angels.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Please remember, free is not a business model. a healthcare IT business for managing compliance requirements for pharmaceutical and medical device companies, recording transactions that involve payments to physicians. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. The Free Rider Problem. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

I detected a major flaw in Kiran's business model assumption. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. You may have heard that venture capitalists in Silicon Valley no longer read business plans. Provide specifics on the customer business model.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. The series is a followup to my earlier series, Silicon Valley: The Next Decade where I discussed the Valley's next renaissance. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

make so little use of the affiliate business model for monetization purposes? Please use the comments below to give your thoughts and analyses on why you think Twitter is not using the affiliate business model to monetize its immense traffic. This is a question I would like to address to you guys as well. Photo by ilco.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

In our Business Incubator series of interviews, we have invited many leaders from the industry to come share their best practices and challenges with us. We have also facilitated open discussions on Why Do Business Incubators Fail and Incubator Business Models , which turned out to be animated, active and extremely constructive discussions.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

In today's India, people with high-end engineering skills are in high demand. They make a lot of money, and nothing in Anuj's business model convinced me that these people have any interest or incentive to go around teaching, especially in rural India. I asked him to abandon this idea and find a better one. Photo by wax115.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

Nifty idea, but the business model is predicated upon selling merchandise that is curated from affiliate networks like Commission Junction. My question was around the size of the catalog that can be pulled together that will render affiliate commissions and will meet quality standards of this business. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2011

The business is very different in London, and my feedback was that investors want a repeatable business model. For that to happen, he needs to show investors how his India model scales, without introducing a random London factor in the business. Ashish wants to raise money and scale rapidly. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Soren's answer is ambiguous, even though his value proposition and business model are relatively clear and well thought through. 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.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

Persistent is breaking out of the mold of labor arbitrage, and looking at new and exciting business models. My friend Tony Scott did an outstanding interview with Anand Deshpande , their CEO recently in which Anand discussed his vision for where he wants to take the OPD business.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. On the topic of business models, Spencer proposed building traffic and then selling the company, which I pushed back on. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Nir is contemplating various different business models and channel options, all the way from Freemium B-to-C to white labeling the solution for universities and colleges. I advised him to focus on the for-profit colleges and business schools in India and sell them a white label solution, hence a B-to-B business model.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

Irit, however, needs to think through some of the details of the business model, pricing model, and positioning. 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.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

But you must be doing real engineering of some kind. 2) Business model-defined funds. B2B vs B2C) within the business model preference. . Female Founders Fund , AmplifyHer Ventures , Halogen Ventures , and many others invest exclusively in women-founded businesses. No ideas or prototypes.

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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. No, you do not need to come to Silicon Valley to learn entrepreneurship.

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MARCH 11, 2013

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