Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Venktesh Shukla, Chair, TiE Angels (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many proposals do you receive per month? Venktesh: It’s hard to tell, but so far I think we have received 60 to 70 proposals over the past three months. Irina: Out of those, how many deserved a closer look? Venktesh: Well, what we do is

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Thought Leaders In Sales 2.0: Mark Roberge, VP Of Sales, HubSpot (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Sudhindra Chada Sramana: Ok, so that brings us to step 6, Close. Mark: Yes, and this is, How much it will cost, I don’t think I have budget for that this month. How much time do we need? All the typical objections. Sramana: I’m assuming that, even though I

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Business Incubators: The Morpheus (Part 7)

By guest authors Praveen Karoshi and Prashant Sachdev Portfolio Companies’ Experiences [In this final installment, Prashant talks with three entrepreneurs who have worked with The Morpheus.] In conversation with Lifemojo founder Namit Nangia Prashant: When and how did you start with The Morpheus? Namit: Lifemojo was born about two years ago, and we enrolled with

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Scott Martin, CIO Of Nonni’s Food Company (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini Sramana: In the remaining time, I would like to brainstorm with you about what you see as potential entrepreneurial opportunities in the cloud computing domain. I run an initiative called 1 Million by 1 Million. It is an initiative to help a million entrepreneurs reach $1 million

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Next 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, November 4

Entrepreneurs, the next FREE online strategy roundtable on Thursday, November 4, 2010, will begin at an earlier time than usual: 9 a.m. EDT/6 a.m. PDT/6:30 p.m. IST.  Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more details and register here.

Outsourcing 2.0: oDesk CEO Gary Swart (Part 1)

Sramana: Hi, Gary. Would you begin by talking about the genesis of your story? Gary Swart: Odysseas Tsatalos and Stratis Karamanlakis, two Greeks, wanted to work together. Odysseas had co-founded Intacct, which was an accounting company, and he had always wanted to hire his friend, Stratis, who lived in Greece.