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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

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I pointed Zubair to a couple of case studies of bootstrapping using services to get more of his core product built; in parallel, I will help him pursue institutional funding. Rajeev wants to build a BPO firm in a place called Bolpur in West Bengal, India. Next, Rajeev Pareek discussed his rural BPO idea. Photo by thesaint.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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India has been known for 1000’s years for health and beauty routines/ideas like Ayurveda/Yoga, which have derived inspiration from Nature. We felt that we should be the first brand to share this wealth of knowledge from India to the world. Thanks to Ashwin Sokke, WOW Skin Science ! #19- 19- Continue Family legacy.

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Strategy Roundtable: Open Opportunities in Cloud Computing and Rural BPO

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Again, here is a piece of wisdom for all of you who are blogging and doing e-commerce simultaneously: you need to build up SEO leverage ON your e-commerce site, so be sure to bring the blog onto the main site, not leave it off someplace else by itself. Photo by takatuka.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Not Coming To The Rescue Of Victory

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And by regularly adding to their online content, restaurants will also find them organically through SEO. Another idea he has not yet tried is to use search engine marketing to make sure that when any restaurant goes online to look for the type of service he provides using popular key words, they find SalesVu. Photo by tatlin.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: African Tech Entrepreneurs Emerging

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Last up, Adarsh Jain pitched Fippy, a Web-based interface offering consumers customized mobile phone numbers in India. I suggest he offers a service, like SEO marketing, that is related to his venture to continue to bootstrap this business. More to come from entrepreneurs in Africa I'm sure. Photo by svilen001.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

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It’s basic bootstrapping; you’ll want to leverage a little bit of high-level technical expertise to minimize risk. To date we’re bootstrapping to get to an arbitrary step 2 to get to proof of concept and so we can get the people we want to take us seriously, both angels/VCs and CTOs. 10-15/hour.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

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He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Again, referring back to the Finisar case study I often teach on this topic , bootstrapping using services is a very effective way to build companies. Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. This is her core market.