From Zero To One Hundred Million: TheLadders.com CEO Marc Cenedella (Part 1)

Marc Cenedella is the cofounder and CEO of TheLadders.com. Founded in 2003, TheLadders.com is a premier online job board for jobs with salaries of more than $100,000. Prior to TheLadders.com, Cenedella worked as a senior vice president of finance and operations at HotJobs.com and was an associate vice president at The Riverside Company, a New

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Bob Aholt, Pasadena Angels (Part 8)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: You already told me that for businesses that don’t get invested in, you send them a nice notice and maybe tell them to work on their businesses, right? Bob: Yeah. We actually have a category that we put a lot of businesses into; it’s called mentoring.

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Bob Aholt, Pasadena Angels (Part 7)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: As far as the total available market for an idea, do you have any recommendations for that? Bob: Again, total available market, total addressable market, and the amount of market you’re going to capture are all a function of what that return is and how much

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The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Imagination Engines

Imagination Engines, Inc. (IEI) is a rapidly expanding company based upon a new and patented artificial intelligence paradigm called the “Creativity Machine,” wherein artificial neural networks autonomously engage in brainstorming sessions with one another to invent new ideas and plans of action. People such as Dennis Bushnell, NASA Langley’s chief scientist, have called this idea

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Monetizing People Search: MyLife.com CEO Jeff Tinsley (Part 7)

SM: Why did you raise money? JT: We wanted to do more of everything we were doing. We had so many product development tasks that we could not do them all. We also wanted to grow faster and thought that adding some funds to marketing would help.

Next 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday

Sramana Mitra’s next free online 1M/1M strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs will be held this Thursday, May 27, 2010, starting at 8am PDT/11am EDT/8:30pm IST.  You can find more details and register here. Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know!

Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Bob Aholt, Pasadena Angels (Part 6)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What is the typical valuation of the companies you invest in? Bob: Okay. This is my soapbox, and this is what I tell entrepreneurs. This is what I told the guys last night. Valuation is a surrogate for return. If you can empathize with an angel

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Praveen Kumar

Praveen is working with Sramana on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar series. He has a bachelor’s degree in engineering (electronics and communication) from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, and is currently studying for his master’s in business economics at Delhi University. You can contact him at praveenk1985@gmail.com 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: LOGOPremiums1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: FreeLunched1Mby1M Incubation

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