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184th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: All Indian Affair
By Guest Post at August 23, 2013 | 10:16 am | 0 Comment
184th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: All Indian Affair Today’s roundtable was an all Indian affair. Avaz First, Ajit Narayanan from Chennai, India, a 1M/1M premium member, pitched Avaz. Actually, Avaz is his first revenue-generating product – an iPad app for autistic children. Today’s discussion was about the company’s strategy around various more...
183rd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Equity Financing From Customers
By Guest Post at July 26, 2013 | 8:16 am | 0 Comment
183rd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Equity Financing From Customers Today’s roundtable started with an interesting discussion on equity financing from customers. B2Be First, Balaji Abbabatulla from London, England, a 1M/1M premium member, pitched B2Be. The company is working with accounting firms in London to validate its concept of a mobile invoicing more...
182nd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Awake In Australia
By Guest Post at July 19, 2013 | 8:03 am | 0 Comment
182nd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Awake In Australia Our first presenter at today’s roundtable was awake at 1 AM, dialing in from Sydney. Through the rest of the call, we traversed the globe, spanning India, Israel, Boston and Virginia. SydneySlice First, Andrew Blake from Sydney, Australia, pitched SydneySlice, a buy-side real-estate company that wants more...
181st 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs
By Guest Post at July 16, 2013 | 7:52 am | 0 Comment
181st 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: A Romp Through Some Global Entrepreneurship Hubs This week's roundtable gave us a taste of entrepreneurial activity in Chile, Canada and India. GapJumpers First up was Kedar Iyer and Petar Vujosevic from Santiago, Chile, pitching GapJumpers, a neat idea to get hiring managers to ask questions from potential talent, thus more...
179th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Three Indians
By Guest Post at June 22, 2013 | 8:31 am | 0 Comment
179th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Three Indians Today’s roundtable had three Indian entrepreneurs pitching their businesses from all over the country. Revolution Next Technologies First up was Rahul Sharma from Ludhiana, India, pitching Revolution Next Technologies, an integrated educational institution management solution. Rahul has several more...
178th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Sharpen Your Concepts Before You Commit
By Guest Post at June 14, 2013 | 8:01 am | 0 Comment
178th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Sharpen Your Concepts Before You Commit Today’s roundtable had a higher percentage of concept-stage entrepreneurs than usual. Query First up was Salil Agrawal from Bangalore, India, pitching Query, a Q&A forum concept, supposedly for solving problems. Now the Q&A market is cluttered as hell, and I see absolutely no more...
177th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Fashion Apps
By Guest Post at June 7, 2013 | 8:11 am | 0 Comment
177th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Fashion Apps Today’s roundtable included a lengthy discussion on a mobile app for fashion consumers. It made me reflect back on the days when I was running one of the first fashion e-commerce companies back in 1999-2000. At the time, I was new to the fashion business, and did not know the dynamics of the industry. Well, more...
176th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs
By Guest Post at May 31, 2013 | 8:21 am | 0 Comment
176th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge Finals Today’s roundtable was specifically designed to host the finals of the Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1m Startup Challenge. B2Be First, Balaji Abbabatulla from London pitched B2Be, a mobile ERP solution for small businesses in the UK. Balaji presented an excellent overview of more...
175th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Turning Dreams Into Cash
By Guest Post at May 24, 2013 | 10:17 am | 0 Comment
175th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Turning Dreams Into Cash Today’s 175th roundtable concluded with a wonderful comment from Dwight Harrison: “When running a business it is good to spend time with people who have converted dreams into cash.” I love the way the idea of turning dreams into cash summarizes entrepreneurship, and it perfectly summarizes our more...
174th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Calculate Your TAM Accurately
By Guest Post at May 17, 2013 | 10:38 am | 0 Comment
174th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Calculate Your TAM Accurately Today’s roundtable had several entrepreneurs with promising businesses, including some already in revenue. Localvore First, Cameron Kramlich from San Francisco, California, pitched Localvore, a concept for local artisans to be able to sell their merchandise to consumers who want to shop more...
173rd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Promising Portfolio From India
By Guest Post at May 11, 2013 | 8:54 am | 0 Comment
173rd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Promising Portfolio From India Today’s roundtable comprised entirely of Indian entrepreneurs. Avaz First, Ajit Narayanan from Chennai, India, pitched Avaz, an iPad app for autistic children. Ajit is a 1M/1M premium member, and has been working with us on his strategy to not only increase the revenues from his products more...
172nd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Tech Recruitment in Bulgaria; Custom Fashion in India; Incubator-in-a-Box
By Guest Post at May 4, 2013 | 9:09 am | 0 Comment
172nd 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Tech Recruitment in Bulgaria; Custom Fashion in India; Incubator-in-a-Box Today’s roundtable had an interesting group of talented people working on a diverse set of businesses. Before we go there, however, I must bring to your attention our newly launched Incubator-in-a-Box. To enable everyone in any part of the world more...
171st 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: IT For Cleantech IN, Cleantech OUT
By Guest Post at April 26, 2013 | 8:12 am | 0 Comment
171st 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: IT For Cleantech IN, Cleantech OUT Today’s roundtable had a couple of California businesses and an Indian company pitching. Before I get to them, let me remind you about the Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge. Open to cloud-based startups only, this challenge begins with an application process. Five cloud more...
170th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: From Singapore To Israel
By Guest Post at April 20, 2013 | 9:01 am | 0 Comment
170th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: From Singapore To Israel Today’s roundtable spanned entrepreneurs from Singapore to Israel, with India in between. Storyzer First up, today, KimSia Sim and Kai from Singapore pitched Storyzer, an e-publishing platform for graphic novels. Kai, a graphic artist himself, has lived the challenge of being a creative more...
169th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: India’s Startup Industry Has A Major Gap – Product Marketing
By Guest Post at April 13, 2013 | 8:35 am | 0 Comment
169th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: India’s Startup Industry Has A Major Gap – Product Marketing Today’s roundtable focused on India again, and we worked on five startups from various parts of the country. As discussed before, Indian entrepreneurs are trying to make the journey from services and products, and on that road, the biggest roadblock I observe more...
167th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Positioning And Focus Create Fast Sales Cycles
By Guest Post at March 30, 2013 | 9:11 am | 0 Comment
167th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Positioning And Focus Create Fast Sales Cycles Today’s roundtable had some very interesting businesses, each of which has a high potential for success. Sapience First up, Ranjit Nambiar, from Bangalore, India, pitched Sapience (a 1M/1M premium company). We worked on Sapience’s positioning and go-to-market strategy, more...
166th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Differentiation Is Key
By Guest Post at March 22, 2013 | 8:07 am | 0 Comment
166th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Differentiation Is Key Today’s roundtable had three long pitches and a few additional short discussions on elevator pitches by entrepreneurs. CourseGarage.com First up, Shikha Chaudhry from Ghaziabad, India, pitched CourseGarage.com. She proposes to offer a set of courses to teenagers with the purpose of familiarizing more...
165th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On ProductNation, India
By Guest Post at March 16, 2013 | 9:11 am | 0 Comment
165th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On ProductNation, India Today’s roundtable put the spotlight on entrepreneurs from ProductNation, an initiative by iSPIRT- a think-tank focused on transforming India into a hub for new generation software products. As you might know, India is a country firmly positioned on the global IT map, but as a service more...
164th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: The Diabetics Epidemic
By Guest Post at March 10, 2013 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
164th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: The Diabetics Epidemic Today’s roundtable gave us a very interesting view into the diabetes epidemic raging all over the world. Mocherla Healthcare First up, Yeshwanth Nag from Chennai, India, pitched Mocherla Healthcare, an ayurvedic supplement for diabetes patients. Diabetes is almost like an epidemic in India, more...
161st 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Stealth Is Overrated
By Guest Post at February 15, 2013 | 8:15 am | 0 Comment
161st 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Stealth Is Overrated Today’s roundtable had a couple of discussions about the pros and cons of stealth mode startups. Someone from the audience asked if we have members sign NDAs before they listen to other entrepreneurs’ pitches. My answer: Absolutely NOT! Trevi First up, Nav Kesher from Seattle, Washington, pitched more...
