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

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During today's roundtable, we had four Microsoft BizSpark Startup India Challenge grant finalists present. Outsourcing is spreading at a frantic pace today with a global footprint and players like oDesk and eLance have made it very easy for companies to connect with outsourcing vendors. Photo by Alexander Mooij. Discuss.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: New Assessment Tool For Entrepreneurs

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He is heading straight into an intensely competitive market without adequate differentiation or competitive positioning. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anupam has serious segmentation issues. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 2 Really Cool Companies

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I suggested LinkedIn, oDesk, and eLance with the caveat that the field is extremely competitive and crowded and differentiation would be tough to achieve. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Happy Grasshopper. Photo by svilen001. Discuss.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Guerrilla P.R. & SEO Most Profitable Customer Acquisition Strategies

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Undifferentiated products are hard to generate excitement and traction around in the highly crowded web, and I suggested they look at DeNovo which sells highly differentiated, limited edition jewelry as a good example of what good merchandising looks like. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

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Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Personalization Remains An Open Problem

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and e-commerce businesses, so I would love to work with Kelly to help her figure out the various nuances of building a successful e-commerce business, especially one that differentiates on personalization. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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

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I asked her not to spray and pray, and focus on her core, differentiated products - stretch mark and c-section mark removal creams for new mothers. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). Tags: StartUp 101. Ma Mi Skin Care.