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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Making Money From Blogs

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We also did some segmentation work and related exploration of relevant channels. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Abinash is a premium member of the 1M/1M program and has made some progress with his positioning work. MyDataOrganizer. Discuss.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

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Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. In the future, the channel fee will, perhaps, go down. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Strategy Roundtable: Do Not Spray and Pray

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To do a solid holiday season he will need to balance the inventory and marketing budgets, and getting stuck in a complex situation with inventory being stuffed in the retail channels with bad terms will be a kiss of death. I will connect the company to a few larger companies that may be good OEM channels for them. JCLABoutique.com.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Not Coming To The Rescue Of Victory

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And in 1M/1M, we're trying to short circuit their process of learning and maturing into successful, seasoned entrepreneurs by teaching them things that they need to know, and augmenting their rolodex (or lack thereof) by putting ours to work on their behalf to help recruit customers, channel partners, and investors. Rangrut.com.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 1M/1M Announces Partnership With TiE Chennai

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First up, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, presented Freshdesk , a SaaS solution for multi-channel customer support including knowledge base and social CRM support. The majority of the discussion was about go-to-market strategy, channels and regulatory issues. It's a very impressive concept, to say the least! Invention Labs.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Microsoft's $100K India Startup Challenge Grant

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The company has distribution through about 50 retailers in Chennai, and is looking for ways to market their product through online channels. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We discussed guerilla p.r., Discuss.

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Thanksgiving – THE Holiday for Entrepreneurs

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Let's channel the toughness of the Pilgrims when tackling the challenges of our modern day. As for language, only me with my thick Massachusetts accent spoke anything but perfect English. What a story. To my right, an African-American girl and her father were engrossed in a demonstration of the Nissan Leaf electric car.

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