ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we turned the spotlight on Latin and Central America. As I said to an entrepreneur from Hong Kong at a previous roundtable: whether you are building a startup in Silicon Valley or Timbuktu, the methodology of bringing a product or service to market is not that much different.

Costa Rica 114

Costa Rica America Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

We have done almost 90 roundtables so far and, based on this extensive experience of learning directly from entrepreneurs about their core issues, 1M/1M has just launched a new assessment tool for entrepreneurs. The recording of today's roundtable can be found here. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

Spain 115

Spain Entrepreneur India San Francisco 115

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I have been meaning to get to discussing blue-sky opportunities at the roundtables, and this week we did some of that. During this week's roundtable we discussed an area that deserves a serious look from entrepreneurs: Rural BPO. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

After hosting three live roundtables and being on stage for six to seven hours a day last month during my trip to Pune , I almost lost my voice. At the final roundtable, we worked with just two entrepreneurs and then spent the rest of the time on Q&A, which in itself was interesting. You can register for upcoming roundtables here.

Costa Rica 115

Costa Rica Incubator Silicon Valley India 115

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

During today's roundtable, we had four Microsoft BizSpark Startup India Challenge grant finalists present. In fact, they generated $100k in revenues over the last year, since they first pitched at one of our roundtables. The recording of today's roundtable can be found here. We will be holding future roundtables at 8 a.m.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

During today's roundtable, we had some excellent discussions of product marketing for a couple of different concepts. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. As always, I would very much like to hear about your business, so let me invite you to come and pitch at one of our free 1M/1M public roundtables.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur San Francisco Technical Review New Jersey 116

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

I will be traveling in India in April, and doing live roundtables in three cities: Chennai (April 9) , Mumbai (April 16) , and Pune (April 17). Girish Joshi, from Microsoft, will be attending the roundtables, and scouting companies for the grants with me. You can register for the next roundtable here.

India 119

India Guerilla Entrepreneur New Zealand 119

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some interesting companies and a lot of fundraising discussions, and I will review them shortly. So with that preamble, let us look at today's roundtable companies. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. OnTrack Imaging.

Valuation 119

Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Now, on to today's roundtable: Parallel6. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. As always, I would very much like to hear about your business, so let me invite you to come and pitch at one of our free 1M/1M public roundtables. We will be holding future roundtables at 8:00 a.m. You can register here.

North Carolina 116

North Carolina San Diego Entrepreneur Balance Sheet 116

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

During this week's roundtable, one of the questions that I answered was about the One Million by One Million program's plans around supporting social enterprises. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. You can register for the next roundtable here.

India 116

India Green Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116

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. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will be co-hosted with TiE Chennai and TiE Mumbai. You can register for the next roundtable here.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

During this week's roundtable we had a group of entrepreneurs from the Pune Open Coffee Club gather at the offices of Persistent Systems to participate in the roundtable together. I invited him to this public roundtable to discuss this topic because I know that many entrepreneurs are dealing with the issue.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

TiE Chennai organized a Startup Super Day, during which I delivered the keynote address followed by a live strategy roundtable. At the roundtable, five entrepreneurs pitched their businesses to me, and I interacted with them in our usual format, with active participation from the audience. At 11 a.m., Freshdesk.

India 126

India Technical Review Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 126

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

During this week's roundtable I addressed a commonly held critique of the 1M/1M program: that we're focusing on the basics and stating the obvious. On to the roundtable recap. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. You can register for the next roundtable here. What we have taken on is hard enough.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we partnered with the Indian Angel Network (IAN). You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. You can register for the next roundtable here.

Entrepreneur 118

Entrepreneur India Technical Review Los Angeles 118

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

We started this week's One Million by One Million roundtable with a discussion of online advertising trends, looking at them from the perspective of cost-effective customer acquisition and brand building, as well as entrepreneurial opportunities. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here.

Advertising 116

Advertising SMS Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 116

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

More networking and curated roundtables, less gurus and swag. We arranged vetted and curated groups for roundtable discussions , and matched everyone with other like-minded people. The small group roundtable discussions were amazing. These are the highlights of each one. CXL live is a marketing conference that gets it.

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B2B Marketing Curation PPC 94

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Vendor user groups, Chambers of Commerce, Roundtable Programs, and others, foster collaboration among similar organizations and peers sharing a particular technology, brand, or product, and in some cases, provide technology agnostic advice from peers. There can be substantial value in a collective approach to addressing shared issues.

Technical Review 246

Technical Review Small Business Software Review Security 246

deal architect

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Plex hosted its annual Future of Manufacturing Roundtable in Michigan last week. I was actually as excited about the past and present of manufacturing I saw during the visit. They hosted a dinner at a Birmingham restaurant which used to.

Michigan 281

Michigan Hosting 281

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 5, 2012

At today's roundtable, we had an unusual amount of discussion on ERP startups. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. As always, I would very much like to hear about your business, so let me invite you to come and pitch at one of our free 1M/1M public roundtables. PST, Register Here.

India 115

India Entrepreneur Houston PPC 115

Argona

JANUARY 15, 2024

It also allows the participating companies to improve their ranking - rank higher in the Leaders Matrix categories, receive inbound backlinks from GoodFirms Leaders Roundtable podcast campaign, and get a certified Badge saying, "Best Company to work with."

Partner 52

Partner Technical Review Indianapolis B2B 52

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Today's roundtable had a couple of interesting businesses, but before I get to them, I want to underscore that entrepreneurs MUST gauge fundability before assuming that they can build their businesses by raising money. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. TravelTriangle.com.

Sri Lanka 113

Sri Lanka Jacksonville Entrepreneur Asia 113

ReadWriteStart

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. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. I would focus on one category as Zappos did.

Poland 126

Poland Argentina Oakland Entrepreneur 126

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 25, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we followed a slightly different format than our usual five entrepreneur pitches. More discussions and Q&A in today's roundtable recording here. I would very much like to hear about your business, so let me invite you to come and pitch at one of our free 1M/1M public roundtables.

Lead Generation 118

Lead Generation Connecticut HTML Bootstrapping 118

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

First up at this week's Strategy Roundtable was Cheryl Yeoh presenting CityPockets , an online destination, and an app for managing daily deals across a wide range of sites. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

Channel 115

Channel India Bootstrapping Silicon Valley 115

ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

During today's roundtable, we had two 1M/1M premium members discussing their businesses alongside Penworks, a new company we looked at for the first time. The premium members have been working with us for a bit and have made progress, so this was an interesting roundtable where we were able to discuss some more advanced issues.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Entrepreneur Silicon Valley India 125

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 19, 2012

Today's roundtable brought some core issues up for debate regarding media startups that are focusing largely on Content and Community features and expecting to get funded. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. We will be holding future roundtables on the following dates starting at 8:00 a.m.

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Media Jacksonville Entrepreneur Vertical 114

David Teten

MAY 4, 2011

The Capital Roundtable is holding a MasterClass May 26 on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity Funds “, and I’m honored to be one of the speakers. You can register at a $400 discount off The Capital Roundtable’s standard rate by mentioning Navon Partners.

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Private Equity LLC LP Equity 122

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

At today's roundtable we saw three very nice businesses, each with pilot customers, and each working on real problems. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. You can register for the next roundtable here.

Partner 117

Partner Belgium Portugal Bootstrapping 117

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. 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. Roundtable photo by Jim Linwood.

Greece 116

Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

At today's roundtable I had a disturbing experience. I'm also thinking seriously about creating a private (paid) lounge for 1M/1M entrepreneurs who, like Amit, don't want to share their ideas in a public roundtable. Your roundtable pitch should be no more than three minutes, and consist of four slides.

India 115

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 115

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

At today's roundtable I offered a sneak preview into the One Million by One Million Premium Lounge we have just unveiled to a small group of core users. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

Startup 113

Startup India Silicon Valley Incubator 113

ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

Before I write the recap of today's roundtable, I want to share with you a couple of thoughts that have been playing in my head, and I have given at least four talks on this topic over the last 30 days. On to today's roundtable, we had five businesses, all of which, I believe, can be built to become sustainable companies. That's okay.

India 115

India Vertical Entrepreneur Connecticut 115

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2012

Today's roundtable was jointly organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT KGP) and the 1M/1M program as part of the former's Global Entrepreneurship Summit organized by the student-run e-cell. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. PST, Register Here.

India 117

India Entrepreneur Asia Programming 117

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2011

During today's roundtable, we had a lot of discussion around nonprofits and for-profits. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. As always, I would very much like to hear about your business, so let me invite you to come and pitch at one of our free 1M/1M public roundtables.

Massachusetts 113

Massachusetts Entrepreneur Open Source Silicon Valley 113

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 10, 2011

For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we teamed up with the Indian Angel Network (IAN). You can register for the next roundtable here. You can also listen to the recording of today's roundtable here and select the business you like best through a poll on the 1M/1M Facebook page.

India 116

India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Vertical 116

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had a chance to discuss a topic that continues to bother me endlessly - the Internet's obsession with FREE. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here. We will be holding future roundtables at 8:00 a.m. Related reading: Groupon Following Yahoo-esque Strategy - A Bad Move ) About.

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Business Model New Hampshire Dallas Entrepreneur 122