Roundtable Recap: November 18 – Not Coming To The Rescue Of Victory

During this week’s roundtable I addressed a commonly held critique of the 1M/1M program: that we’re focusing on the basics and stating the obvious. I have seen this criticism at various places where this recap is syndicated on a weekly basis, as well as in certain random forums on the internet. Well, I have coached

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Anurag (Anu) Nigam, President, Sand Hill Angels (Part 3)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How do the angels gain access to the deals that are received? Anu: Everything is done through Angelsoft. I think we were one of the first users of Angelsoft. Most angel groups use it. Irina: What do you like about Angelsoft? Is there any fees? Anu:

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Building A Niche E-Commerce Powerhouse: Coastal Contacts CEO Roger Hardy (Part 8)

Sramana: Essentially you are supporting your Japanese operations with your Vancouver fulfillment center and your Holland operations with your Stockholm fulfillment center. Is that correct? Roger Hardy: Yes. The nice thing about contacts is that they are lightweight and high value. There is a flight that leaves every day and arrives in Japan that night.

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Anurag (Anu) Nigam, President, Sand Hill Angels (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Anu: Around 2006–2007, I ended up starting another company called 411Sync, which was doing mobile search. It did OK, but it didn’t go anywhere. And then I spent a year and a half trying different things. Now I’ve been on my new company since May 2008. It’s

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Michael Gruber, Founder and Managing Director, Cornerstone Angels (Part 5)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: In the past 12 months, how many investments have you made? Michael: In 2009, we made seven investments. So far, in 2010, we’ve made three. Two of those three were in companies that were in our portfolio. They came back sort of as an extension of

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November 18 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here. You can choose which business you like the best through a poll on our Facebook page.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Reed Sheard, CIO Of Westmont College (Part 4)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: There are applications on Salesforce that are specific to fundraising; have you looked at those in this process? RS: Well, I wanted a solution that was specific to higher education, non-profit fundraising versus just non-profit fundraising and other areas. I also wanted this solution to be

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Building A Niche E-Commerce Powerhouse: Coastal Contacts CEO Roger Hardy (Part 7)

Sramana: What were the circumstances of the post-$50 million era? How did you find those two companies? Roger Hardy: We looked at staying within the core competency of taking good care of customers. We found a company in Japan that we thought was growing and doing a good job serving their customers.