ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Campus sales reps is a good strategy that Chris is experimenting with, as well as marketing to camp directors. 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. This pretty much rules out SEO, PPC, affiliate marketing, etc.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Globally, this is a much larger number. Yogesh already has 45 employers onboard, but while discussing his customer acquisition strategy it became clear that he needs to figure out some way to close sales by phone or online without personally traveling to close every sale. All first-time entrepreneurs, arguably, are amateurs.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Kristen is doing about $70,000 year-to-date, and expects to hit $200,000 for the 2010 fiscal year based on her holiday sales projections. Shirish had a pricing model question, as well as a set of go-to-market and sales strategy questions. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Since 1M/1M is a global program, we have many entrepreneurs in various parts of the world who are building interesting businesses, and trying to determine how best to interface with the ecosystem that exists in Silicon Valley. If, however, as in Suresh's case, the game plan is to go after a global market, the scenario changes quite a bit.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

It is also an excellent platform to address the questions from prospects and help clarify issues and objections for any sales process, which is one of the primary ways Voluble is seeing some of its major early customers using it. The entire discussion was streaming automatically into Twitter and gave us great visibility. Taariq, please note!

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MAY 12, 2011

For enterprises and small businesses, managing a systematic sales cycle is crucial, and before having telemarketing reps call prospects, a few rounds of Stanzr events may be an efficient way to move them down the sales funnel. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Photo by svilen001. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Well, my advice for Chak is to focus steadily on a worldwide list of greeting card distributors using Telewebsales and Sales 2.0 methodologies - in other words, don't invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On While you may not have the budget to spend $500,000 on Sales 2.0

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Very little by way of technology has been applied to the problem thus far. Note: There are technology limitations, which were discussed to some extent at today's roundtable, and quite possibly, the solution is a somewhat manual one. There are many ad networks that offer very low monetization rates and take a large sales commission.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. As usual, then, I worked with three entrepreneurs working on specific businesses. Mava Consulting.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

For a more elaborate explanation of the deal, please read my blog post 1M/1M: Alternative Financing For Startups Using A Sales Channel Partner. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photo by nosheep. Discuss.

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MAY 4, 2011

Manoj is experiencing a long sales cycle of close to 12 months, but he has already created a sustainable company that has revenues and profits. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

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JULY 21, 2011

That means, for every new entrepreneur you refer to the 1M/1M program, we'll share with you $100, if the sale occurs at any time within 12 months. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Quipu Applications. Money photo by epSos. Discuss.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This would do two things: contain the complexity of the systems Taariq has to work with right out of the gate, and help him go to market through the sales and marketing team of the analytics software vendors providing the core engine. Discuss.

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Well, my advice for Chak is to focus steadily on a worldwide list of greeting card distributors using Telewebsales and Sales 2.0 methodologies - in other words, dont invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On While you may not have the budget to spend $500,000 on Sales 2.0

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Well, my advice for Chak is to focus steadily on a worldwide list of greeting card distributors using Telewebsales and Sales 2.0 methodologies - in other words, dont invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On While you may not have the budget to spend $500,000 on Sales 2.0

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. We think so. Today, this thesis is less relevant.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Businesses For Sale |. Vending Machines. - For Sale. Massachusetts. Businesses For Sale |. Massachusetts. more in Small Business. Are We Really Getting Smarter?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

New Global Markets. First up, David Nordell from Kfar Ya'avetz, Israel, pitched New Global Markets , a solution for making it easier for banks to offer their customers global banking facilities. The VP of Sales pays tremendous attention to sales training, has a defined budget and can easily pay for this if he sees value.

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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. on a global scale. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

She is an award winning journalist and author of two critically acclaimed books, "Once Youre Lucky, Twice Youre Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0" (Gotham Books, May 2008) and "Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos" (Wiley, February 2011). Open Sesame! (A By Richard Nieva.

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