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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. Zendesk is heavily financed by Benchmark and Charles River and has 10,000 customers. 10Screens is currently also a finalist in the Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge. Photo by Alexander Mooij. Discuss.

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Strategy Roundtable: Do Not Spray and Pray

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I will work with him on his inventory financing strategy. With enterprise customers, this would result in tremendous exit barriers, making sales cycles long and involved, which a small startup will find hard to withstand. Tags: StartUp 101. JCLABoutique.com. Jeanne's positioning needs a lot of work.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: High-Octane Energy In Pune

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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. He is exploring outside financing, but my concern is that unless the growth rate accelerates, this particular business may not fit the venture model. DIYComputerscience.com. Discuss.

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