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APRIL 14, 2011

While the basic premise is compelling, and I am very interested in entrepreneurship opportunities in this area, the business model is flawed. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

Please remember, free is not a business model. a healthcare IT business for managing compliance requirements for pharmaceutical and medical device companies, recording transactions that involve payments to physicians. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. The Free Rider Problem. Photo by Gisela Giardano.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Today, the telecom industry charges customers based on fixed price business models for data services. Next week, we will delve once again into e-commerce businesses and explore how niche e-commerce is transitioning into Web 3.0. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

I deliberately wrote a highly controversial series of articles in 2008 [ Death Of Indian Outsourcing ] to provoke a debate on the topic. I detected a major flaw in Kiran's business model assumption. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

And EVEN if you ARE an experienced entrepreneur, all but just a few VCs still want to see customer validation, business model validation and traction, before they will invest. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Next comes the topic of angels.

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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. Who funds the solar panels?

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MAY 26, 2011

make so little use of the affiliate business model for monetization purposes? Please use the comments below to give your thoughts and analyses on why you think Twitter is not using the affiliate business model to monetize its immense traffic. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Photo by ilco.

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JUNE 2, 2011

In our Business Incubator series of interviews, we have invited many leaders from the industry to come share their best practices and challenges with us. We have also facilitated open discussions on Why Do Business Incubators Fail and Incubator Business Models , which turned out to be animated, active and extremely constructive discussions.

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MAY 4, 2011

The business is very different in London, and my feedback was that investors want a repeatable business model. For that to happen, he needs to show investors how his India model scales, without introducing a random London factor in the business. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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MAY 3, 2011

Nifty idea, but the business model is predicated upon selling merchandise that is curated from affiliate networks like Commission Junction. My question was around the size of the catalog that can be pulled together that will render affiliate commissions and will meet quality standards of this business. Discuss.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

They make a lot of money, and nothing in Anuj's business model convinced me that these people have any interest or incentive to go around teaching, especially in rural India. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. I asked him to abandon this idea and find a better one.

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JULY 28, 2011

The business model Adarsh is proposing is a per lead compensation structure, which seems perfectly reasonable. However, the business is at a pure concept stage and most of the details are yet to be fleshed out. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Incubator photo from Geograph. Discuss.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Nir is contemplating various different business models and channel options, all the way from Freemium B-to-C to white labeling the solution for universities and colleges. I advised him to focus on the for-profit colleges and business schools in India and sell them a white label solution, hence a B-to-B business model.

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AUGUST 3, 2012

There are over 60,000 designers working in Massachusetts alone — the state is well past the national average when it comes to professional designers. Remember 2008/2009? As you can probably imagine, we have many obstacles to overcome — some normal startup challenges, and some challenges unique to our business model and approach.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

On the topic of business models, Spencer proposed building traffic and then selling the company, which I pushed back on. We spent considerable time exploring ways to verticalize the app and creating an ad-supported business model instead, which would also broaden his exit options considerably. Discuss.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

Irit, however, needs to think through some of the details of the business model, pricing model, and positioning. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Discuss.

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