Shipra Agarwal

Shipra is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Material Science and Metallurgy Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. She researches entrepreneurial activity in India’s education sector and has been involved with an NGO that teaches underpriviliged children. Her other interests include alternatives to energy resources. An Overview of the Education Market in India 

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Mompreneur Stories: Juggling

By Guest Author Erika Valdez Mompreneurs have to juggle not only a family but also a business. Each mom does this differently, yet their approaches share characteristics that allow for this to be accomplished in an easier and more productive way. Today’s essay explores this final theme found in the mompreneur stories we have been

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A Public University’s Online Journey: Hunt Lambert of CSU (Part 3)

SM: At this point of your career, the Internet was not yet in full swing but you had done a lot of work with telecom companies. What comes next? HL: I came back to the States in 1991 and headed strategic planning for US West. The biggest focus we had there was building the businesses

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Free Strategy Roundtable on Cisco Telepresence Sept 15

There are still a few openings in Santa Clara, London and Hyderabad for entrepreneurs to participate in person in Sramana Mitra’s free “Positioning Strategy Roundtable” Telepresence Video Conference on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to get feedback on your business idea, have specific questions answered, and to interact face-to-face with Sramana and other entrepreneurs. You can

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Jordan Cole

Jordan is an analyst at Deloitte Consulting where he focuses on technology adoption. He graduated magna cum laude from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University with a degree in accounting in 2009. His interests include investigating the process and strategy of innovation. Currently, he is researching commercializing university innovation through

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Forbes Column 2009: Building Your Personal Brand

Zero In this week looks at the issue of idle youth talent, offering ideas on how to harness their energy and groom the next generation. Read: Building Your Personal Brand. In it are featured many of the authors you have gotten to know over the last few months on this blog — my interns for

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A Public University’s Online Journey: Hunt Lambert of CSU (Part 2)

SM: What did you do after you left MIT? HL: I went to another startup company that developed a software application for predicting human behavior. It was very good, so good that it became a top-secret program, and that was the end of the startup for me.

Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: “Iron out the wrinkles on your entrepreneurship canvas”

Adarsh Rao delves into “Bootstrapping: Weapon of Mass Reconstruction” on her blog, Ek Sparsh:   “The strength of the book lies in its approachability to the average reader while keeping the veteran interested in nuggets of wisdom in the interviews.