ReadWriteStart

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. But in the end, I believe, we have arrived at a better place as an industry where Indian entrepreneurs are thinking beyond outsourcing. IRTEX: Indian Road Transportation Exchange.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

I know that many, many entrepreneurs are feeling dejected because of investor rejections. Please note that I work exclusively with 1M/1M entrepreneurs. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 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.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

This week's One Million by One Million roundtable was our 75th session, and we worked today with three entrepreneurs from the Midwest region of the United States. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. Photo by nazreth. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

1M/1M will be working with Microsoft in helping entrepreneurs prepare for these grants. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will focus on entrepreneurs in East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. You can register for the next roundtable here. Discuss.

India 119

India Guerilla Entrepreneur New Zealand 119

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Taariq Lewis, the founder of Voluble, is a 1M/1M premium entrepreneur. We invited entrepreneurs considering joining the 1M/1M premium program to the Stanzr chat room and did a one-hour Q&A session. Please note that I work exclusively with 1M/1M entrepreneurs. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Over the years, we've had entrepreneurs from all over the world attend and pitch, and I'm delighted to see that we're propagating the methodology and the platform far and wide. With that, let's look at the two entrepreneurs who pitched today from Costa Rica. We have done that in 1M/1M. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

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. Please note, that I work exclusively with 1M/1M entrepreneurs. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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JULY 28, 2011

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. The same applies to Malaysia, where our partner, the MAD Incubator, is in search of 10 good deals to put through the 1M/1M program. Incubator photo from Geograph. Discuss.

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Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

While on this topic, I want to particularly emphasize the social media advertising trend, and my observation that the infrastructure to measure, analyze, optimize, and target is really wide open, and I'd like to hear from entrepreneurs working on the various nuances of that particular problem. Next, we had two very interesting entrepreneurs.

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Advertising SMS Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 116

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

At today's roundtable, we had three niche e-commerce entrepreneurs and two e-commerce infrastructure entrepreneurs. Good news: Indrajit is a solo entrepreneur, so he doesn't have a large overhead to support. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. GrillGrate.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

During today's roundtable, we worked with two entrepreneurs and also had a segment on our yearlong engagement with incubators around the world. The 1M/1M team has invested significant resources to engage with and understand the challenges of the Incubator industry around the globe. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Before I do, however, I want to talk about a thumb rule that I'd like to propose to entrepreneurs about raising money. Folks, I want to go on record to say that I love lifestyle businesses, and I love to support entrepreneurs in building highly profitable lifestyle businesses. Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive.

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Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

ReadWriteStart

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 is our first major partnership with an incubator whereby MAD will adopt the 1M/1M methodology to foster Silicon Valley-style technopreneurship in Malaysia.

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Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

During this week's roundtable we discussed an area that deserves a serious look from entrepreneurs: Rural BPO. Today, I invited entrepreneurs to come up with ideas, apply the 1M/1M methodology to it, and come discuss with me at these roundtables. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I recently wrote a blog post that I believe is worth pointing out in the context of the strategy roundtables: VCs, Angels, Incubators, Accelerators - What Are You Doing With Your Rejects? That means that less than 1% of the entrepreneurs who apply succeed in getting financed. His firm invests in four. Discuss.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

One of the major trends I’ve outlined is this movement of entrepreneurs (and as a lagging indicator venture funds) to more urban environments. In Massachusetts companies (and VCs) have migrated from out by Waltham to Back Bay (Boston) or Cambridge. And it’s not just the movement from Palo Alto to San Francisco.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2011

He talked about everything from raising funding for pre-seed entrepreneurs to get them to the seed stage, crowd funding, social media marketing and open source. What is very clear to me, however, is that a lot of entrepreneurs seem to be caught in the FREE movement right now. It's the kind of pitch that makes your mind spin.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Sherbrooke, Canada; Oakland, California; and Austin, Texas. Please note, that I work exclusively with 1M/1M entrepreneurs. StyleShop247.com. Discuss.

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Poland Argentina Oakland Entrepreneur 126

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we started off by discussing the pre-incubation procedure we are recommending with audience members from different parts of the world. This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system.

Silicon Valley 105

Silicon Valley Columbus Ohio Incubator 105

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 30, 2011

True to the international dynamic of 1M/1M, during today's roundtable we had entrepreneurs from the U.S., 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.

India 115

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. Those numbers are likely conservative.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we discussed an important topic that many entrepreneurs are facing. In general, a key point that I encourage entrepreneurs to consider is whether or not you are building a cash business or an exit business. Do you really want to give shares if you are building a cash business?

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PPC Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Incubator 114

ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 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. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. Discuss.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Entrepreneur Silicon Valley India 125

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we put a special focus on entrepreneurs in the northwestern part of the United States, and we had three presenters, all from Washington. We also had two other entrepreneurs who are working with the William Factory Incubator in Tacoma, Washington. Wise Mind Studios LLC.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Please note that I work exclusively with 1M/1M entrepreneurs. 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. Photo by Gisela Giardano.

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Business Model New Hampshire Dallas Entrepreneur 122

ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 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. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. Photo by ilco.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

What a great product - truly an excellent value for entrepreneurs. We are anxious to start a collaboration with you that will allow us to have your curriculum as part of our menu of items we can offer to entrepreneurs here in the region." As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. Discuss.

India 115

India Vertical Entrepreneur Connecticut 115

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2011

The first was our usual entrepreneur strategy discussion. 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.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley New Jersey Entrepreneur Massachusetts 113

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. LetsGiftIt. Photo by nosheep. Discuss.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

She was married to a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur who ran a couple of major companies and had a brilliant career. In her thirties, she married and supported the dreams of a man who has since become a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Become an entrepreneur. Five years ago, a good friend of mine hanged herself.

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MARCH 10, 2011

Manivel Karuppasamy from Bangalore, India, presented FEED (Funding Entrepreneurs, Encouraging Dreams), a crowdsourced funding marketplace for India. Next week, we are focusing on entrepreneurs in Latin and Central America. It would be much cheaper to acquire customers this way. You can register for the next roundtable here. Discuss.

India 116

India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Vertical 116

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MAY 3, 2011

At last week's roundtable, we had five entrepreneurs pitching. One recurring theme that kept coming up is that entrepreneurs are finding guerrilla p.r. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. and SEO as two of the most effective and affordable customer acquisition strategies. 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. peerbackers. Quipu Applications.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 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. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. Discuss.

India 116

India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

Please note, that I work exclusively with 1M/1M entrepreneurs. 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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Bootstrapping San Jose Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 124

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs. And what do entrepreneurs do? If you are an entrepreneur looking for an open problem to solve, look no further. Social Contacts.

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