Sramana Mitra
136th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Winners Of A&N Media-Elance Contest With Kings College, London
By Guest Post at July 21, 2012 | 9:00 am | 0 Comment
136th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Winners Of A&N Media-Elance Contest With Kings College, London During today’s roundtable, we held the finals of the A&N Media-Elance contest co-hosted by King’s College, London. This was perhaps one of the absolute best sets of pitches at a contest final this year. Happerture First, Dr. Dele Omotosho and Michela more...
135th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On Western Massachusetts
By Guest Post at July 14, 2012 | 8:34 am | 0 Comment
135th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On Western Massachusetts During today’s roundtable, we turned the spotlight on Western Massachusetts, spanning the Northampton – Amherst area and the home of Smith College (my undergraduate alma mater), Amherst College, UMass, Mt. Holyoke and Hampshire College. Bakepedia First, Dede Wilson from Amherst, more...
134th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: The Challenge Of Navigating Long Sales Cycles
By Guest Post at July 6, 2012 | 8:14 am | 0 Comment
134th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: The Challenge Of Navigating Long Sales Cycles During today’s roundtable, we had five presenters discussing a wide range of businesses mostly from India. Aurviz Technology First, Chetan Vinchhi from Bangalore, India, pitched Aurviz Technology, a video solution whereby enterprises can provide video-based customer more...
133rd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On Boulder
By Guest Post at June 29, 2012 | 8:16 am | 0 Comment
133rd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On Boulder During today’s roundtable, we worked with five entrepreneurs in Boulder, Colorado. We saw a lot of businesses with a ‘green’ theme, as well as with themes of ‘giving’. Boulder, Colorado, it seems, is a very socially conscious community. Also, four out of the five entrepreneurs today were more...
132nd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On Colorado
By Guest Post at June 23, 2012 | 8:35 am | 0 Comment
132nd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On Colorado During today’s roundtable, we turned the spotlight on Colorado and got a very nice view into what’s happening in that region. Co-hosting the roundtable with us was Innovation Pavilion in Denver, Colorado. Innovation Pavilion focuses on creating an eco-system for ideas and entrepreneurs to come more...
131st 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Winners Of The A&N Media-Elance Contest
By Guest Post at June 21, 2012 | 8:20 am | 0 Comment
131st 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Winners Of The A&N Media-Elance Contest With London School Of Economics SU Entrepreneurs & European Student Startups We co-hosted today’s roundtable with London School Of Economics SU Entrepreneurs and European Student Startups. A&N Media and Elance awarded three scholarships. Today’s judges were, for A&N Media, Charlie more...
129th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Winners Of Second BlueSnap-Elance Finals
By Guest Post at June 9, 2012 | 9:39 am | 0 Comment
129th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Winners Of Second BlueSnap-Elance Finals During today’s roundtable, we held the second finals for the BlueSnap-Elance contest. Family Rx Tracker First, Stephanie Mountain from Leawood, Kansas, pitched Family Rx Tracker, an online service and mobile app for reminding caregivers about the administering times of elderly more...
128th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Winners Of First BlueSnap-Elance Finals
By Guest Post at June 7, 2012 | 8:28 am | 0 Comment
128th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Winners Of First BlueSnap-Elance Finals During today’s roundtable, we had the first of two finals for the BlueSnap-Elance contest that has been running for the past month or so. Winners will be receiving 1M/1M scholarships for one year. TravelGenie First, Swarna Ellison from New Jersey pitched TravelGenie, a deal site more...
126th 1M/1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs: BlueSnap-Elance Contest Applications Deadline This Weekend
By Guest Post at May 11, 2012 | 8:23 am | 0 Comment
126th 1M/1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs: BlueSnap-Elance Contest Applications Deadline This Weekend Today’s roundtable started with a reminder of a set of contests on which we are collaborating with corporate partners. A&N Media is offering a series of 1M/1M scholarships to entrepreneurs in Britain to stimulate entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom. With a reach more...
125th 1M/1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs
By Guest Post at May 5, 2012 | 8:47 am | 0 Comment
125th 1M/1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs: Some Wonderful Opportunities With Corporate Partners Today’s roundtable marked our 125th Free session. We’ve come a long, long way, offering these free consulting sessions consistently for some years now. Through the last couple of weeks, you have learned about some wonderful opportunities that our corporate partners, A&N more...
1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs
By Guest Post at April 27, 2012 | 8:59 am | 0 Comment
1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: A Rare Women-Only Session Today’s roundtable was a women-only affair, with WITI (Women In Technology International) San Diego entrepreneurs leading the way. But before we dive into the pitches, let me point you to the opportunity with BlueSnap and Elance, which are awarding 12 1M/1M scholarships to digital commerce and more...
1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Tyranny Of The TAM
By Guest Post at April 21, 2012 | 8:34 am | 0 Comment
1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Tyranny Of The TAM During today’s roundtable, I found myself discussing Total Available Market (TAM) issues with three of the five presenters. So let me start off by providing some guidance on the topic for all of them as well as others who are facing similar challenges. Folks, there can be no financing without a thorough more...
1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: More From Indian Entrepreneurs
By Guest Post at April 13, 2012 | 10:21 am | 0 Comment
1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: More From Indian Entrepreneurs During today’s roundtable we worked mostly with those entrepreneurs who had signed up to pitch at our Bangalore roundtables last week, but did not get a slot. GoEasy First, Sathish G. from Chennai, India, pitched GoEasy, a mobile yellow pages app that he has started validating. Essentially, more...
121st Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On 3 Day Startup Tel-Aviv
By Guest Post at March 20, 2012 | 10:23 am | 0 Comment
121st Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On 3 Day Startup Tel-Aviv During today’s roundtable, we partnered with 3 Day Startup Tel-Aviv to coach entrepreneurs who are getting ready to pitch investors this weekend. The startups are hot off the presses and some have covered impressive ground in a very short time. Videochef Menachem Perlman pitched more...
118th Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Strategy Gaps Need To Be Plugged
By Guest Post at March 2, 2012 | 8:39 am | 0 Comment
118th Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Strategy Gaps Need To Be Plugged During today’s roundtable, we worked with four entrepreneurs. QuickAirLink.com First, Bob Sacco from El Dorado Hills, California, and David Wolkin, pitched QuickAirLink.com, a visual search engine for air travel that directs travelers to the airline sites for actual bookings. more...
115th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are You Fundable?
By Guest Post at February 10, 2012 | 8:32 am | 0 Comment
115th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are You Fundable? 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. We’re getting this question constantly: Can 1M/1M help us raise money? This more...
114th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: YCombinator vs. 1M/1M
By Guest Post at February 3, 2012 | 8:30 am | 0 Comment
114th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: YCombinator vs. 1M/1M Today’s roundtable, as usual, was an international affair, with entrepreneurs presenting from different parts of the US, India, Israel, and many other geographies. Before I share what we heard from them today, I want to highlight an important aspect of 1M/1M that is repeatedly underscored in more...
The Other 99% Of Entrepreneurs
By Guest Post at January 31, 2012 | 8:31 am | 0 Comment
The Other 99% Of Entrepreneurs In my recent piece Reengineering Capitalism I highlighted a phenomenon that the global entrepreneurship ecosystem is paying very little attention to: Over 99% of entrepreneurs who seek funding get rejected. Yet, the entire world is focused on the 1% that is “fundable.” The media, when pitched a startup story, is interested in more...
112th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are Media Sites Fundable?
By Guest Post at January 20, 2012 | 8:43 am | 0 Comment
112th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are Media Sites Fundable? 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. So, I would like to take some time to offer a broad overview on the topic and some pointers to entrepreneurs who are more...
111th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On IIT Kharagpur, India
By Guest Post at January 14, 2012 | 8:57 am | 0 Comment
111th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On IIT Kharagpur, India 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. For the uninitiated, IIT KGP is considered one of the top more...
