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DECEMBER 2, 2010

We see a lot of businesses that can be characterized as social enterprises, ranging from education to rural development businesses. While there may be initial grants that launch businesses and get them off the ground, philosophically, we believe that a model of self-sustaining development is the key to a stable global economic system.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Today she is operating at a 30,000 feet level, and I am concerned that unless she gets down to earth and develops more granular and specific strategies, she will not get anywhere. Now, e-commerce has had extremely slow penetration in India, one of the key reasons being the lack of reliability of the delivery and logistics chain.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

It is particularly satisfying for me to work with these entrepreneurs because I have long believed that India needs to diversify out of pure labor arbitrage. Other discussions on India's need for product companies have also been equally controversial. I like this business very much, and believe it can be a large, and important company.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Then Prashant Singh from Bangalore, India, discussed Statisco Economic Analytics , a risk management technology for managing company balance sheets, interfacing with their ERP systems. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. Statisco Economic Analytics.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Some examples include Flipkart and Redbus in India, and Freshdiet in the US. One thing Vin said that I liked a lot is that the Malaysian government is spending heavily on tourism development campaigns, and Qyzzy may be able to become a part of that campaign. That sounds great. Let me summarize some of the highlights of the discussion.

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MARCH 17, 2011

And over time, I envision that eco-system after eco-system around the world would learn how to use this program to do effective and precise entrepreneurship development, not spray and pray, which is largely what goes on today, with huge amount of resources being wasted. Adarsh Patil from Bangalore, India, presented ResortHunt.

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MARCH 24, 2011

Socioclean already has about 25,000 users, and has good interest from a dozen colleges and universities who want to offer white label solutions through their career development offices. Being a domain expert in the biomedical field, and not having much experience in marketing and sales, Satish is hitting the wall on business development.

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MARCH 10, 2011

First up, Nimesh Khiara from Mumbai, India, discussed StopWaitin , a restaurant reservation system that includes managing waiting lists and is similar in concept to OpenTable. Fortunately, there are numerous such companies in India. For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we teamed up with the Indian Angel Network (IAN).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

However, 1M/1M is a development economics project. The first step is to develop some reference customers, something all early-stage startups should do. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Telesales simply don't work without reference customers.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

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. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Discuss.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why not go further, develop more valuation, customer experience, and really, deeply validate the business? She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. So, in Gio's situation, it is clear to me that he is able to get customers to buy. Photo by takatuka.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Unlike societies like India where the extended family is deeply integrated into the fabric of society, and where domestic help is affordable and abundant, Western societies tend to consist of more nuclear families. This is a bias that both nature and society have developed from the stone ages. Men are supposed to hunt.

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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. Besides the fact that he is from London, I could not figure out why; instead of expanding the franchise in India, it makes sense to jump to London. On April 17, I was in Pune for a 1M/1M live event.

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MAY 3, 2011

First up, Raj Sheth from Bangalore, India, presented Recruiterbox , a SaaS recruitment management tool for small businesses, with co-founders Raghu Kancherla and Girish Redekar. Last up was Ayesha Hazra from Kolkata, India, discussing Magne Consulting, a retail strategy consulting firm. Discuss.

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MAY 26, 2011

Next, Priyanka Bhatnagar from Pune, India, pitched Priyanka Bhatnagar Jewellery & Accessories , an e-commerce jewelry line. Also, folks, remember, the Microsoft India Startup Grant application deadline is May 31. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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MAY 6, 2011

First up, Sumit Jha from New Delhi, India, presented EduMark , a real estate education program for the nascent Indian market that Sumit is already selling successfully, and wondering how to take to the next level of scale. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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JUNE 2, 2011

Next, Abinash Karana from Bangalore, India, pitched 10Screens , a software for capturing specs for software projects using visual screen shot mapping and workflow definitions. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Discuss.

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MAY 12, 2011

First up, Vrushali Humnabadkar from Pune, India, presented Penworks, a technical documentation outsourcing service. 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. Photo by svilen001. Discuss.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Soren Harrison, from Boston, Massachusetts, presented SolSolution , a solar electricity venture whereby his company places solar panels on the roofs of schools, generates electricity, sells it to the schools, as well as back to the grid, and takes advantage of the federal rebates, incentives, etc. SolSolution. Photo by svilen001. Discuss.

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JULY 21, 2011

Today, Andrew Rachmell from Boca Raton, Florida, discussed peerbackers , a crowdsourced fund raising platform to help very early stage entrepreneurs raise small denomination funding ($50, $100) from friends, family, and peers to help finance the prototype development phase with about $25,000 in seed financing. Ekjaa Foundation. Discuss.

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JULY 28, 2011

And it also applies to many different parts of the United States where startup activity is still a relatively small portion of economic development. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. Healthcare e-Market. Incubator photo from Geograph. Discuss.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Next Badri Badrinarayanan V S, from Chennai, India, pitched DiaSof , a software-based solution for disease management of diabetes patients in India. Apparently, India has 50 million diabetic and another 40 million pre-diabetic patients. Jay does not have that yet. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

If you are a content producer or a freemium app or game developer, you would know, instantly, what I am talking about. In 2012, one of the greatest unaddressed pain points for the mobile and online industries is this overabundance of eyeballs that publishers, software, app and game developers are struggling to find monetization models for.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

OrangeScape positions itself as an Application Platform As A Service (APaaS) provider, and has some marquee customers in India including Unilever, Citibank, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Sterlite. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Enter OrangeScape.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Roi Patterson from Sherbrooke, Canada, presented my3P.com , a motherhood and apple pie concept for solving the world's problems - from teaching teens how to build lawn mowing businesses to teaching government agencies how to do economic development to teaching businesses how to perform better to being a feeder to incubators. Discuss.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

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. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Photo by Gisela Giardano. Discuss.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

PerBlue develops and markets its own game, and today, is at about a $35,000-$40,000 per-month run rate from 200,000 users. Justin is looking for a more efficient customer acquisition model, and my suggestion to him was to look into using distributors, instead of trying to do all the development and then also all the distribution himself.

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APRIL 7, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced a very important partnership with MAD Incubator, Malaysia for entrepreneurship development in the region. This strategy needs to be developed for ISA, and they have to pick a specific market to go after, rather than going global. Math-Quest.

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JUNE 9, 2011

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. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Adarsh has a good insight that cricket enthusiasts, of whom there are millions in India, do not have access to quality cricket merchandise at affordable prices, and he has launched a site to do crowdsourced designs around the cricket theme to produce and market T-shirts and similar products. CricketWeekly. Discuss.

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APRIL 21, 2011

Chetan has expertise in fragrance development and the company is in a turnaround situation. Then Vishal Zinjuvadia presented StratExcel , a simulation technology for developing case studies. Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge grant applications will be open for all entrepreneurs to file. Fragrochem. StratExcel.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

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, build $1 trillion in sustainable global GDP, and create 10 million jobs. Photo by ant_c54. Discuss.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

And, oh by the way, we also really like the idea of the 1M/1M entrepreneurs building valuation and negotiating leverage through these business development efforts, instead of signing off large chunks of their company in form of equity early on. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. Photo by nosheep. Discuss.

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MARCH 3, 2011

It's a bit all over the place, trying to cater to everybody and their mother (literally), including refugees from developing countries. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, writes the blog Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

We started this week's roundtable with a discussion of all the resources we have brought together over the last three years to help entrepreneurs, including a comprehensive curriculum for entrepreneurship development on a large scale. wants to develop a mystery show. Very cool concept, designed by an energy scientist, upon which J.J.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photo by emsago.

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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. 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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