Working Capital (Debt) Financing For Entrepreneurs: Heather Onstott, Director Of Small Business, LaunchCapital (Part 7)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Heather: Sometimes, [I would say to entrepreneurs] “I’m interested. Here’s what I’d be willing to bite off, but here’s what I think I need to see you put in place first.” And then, probably, ten – believe it or not – never call me back, which is

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dave Hart, CTO and EVP, Presidio (Part 1)

What is the contribution of cloud computing in today’s rapidly evolving enterprise data center – is it speed, efficiency, lower costs or more? Cloud adoption is driven today as much by time to market as by the cost and efficiency considerations. Businesses demand a data center that is responsive to the IT needs of the organization. The next-generation data center that is flexible, easy to manage, highly efficient in terms of performance with lower costs for deployment and operation, actively harness technologies such as virtualization, mechanisms for improved power and cooling, cloud computing and its new business models.

Next 1M/1M Free Online Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, December 16

The next free online roundtable will be held on Thursday, December 16, 2010, starting at: 11 a.m. EST/8 a.m. PST/9:30 p.m. IST. Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more details and register here.

Scrappy Entrepreneurship At Its Best: Fresh Diet CEO Zalmi Duchman (Part 6)

Sramana: How many kitchens were you running, and how many cities did you have this service in? Zalmi Duchman: In 2008, we had three kitchens outsourced in Miami, New York, and Chicago.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

This is a poem that Dylan Thomas wrote for his dying father, urging him to put up a fight. It seems like an apt message to America and Europe of today as the countries fight against oppressing unemployment, mounting debt, global competition, and an overall lack of optimism in its middle class. In fact, anxiety

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Catching Up On Readings: Lean Start-Ups Workshop At NASSCOM

I was recently in Bangalore for a workshop at NASSCOM; here is a video of part of it. Click on the full article to read this and the rest of the week’s posts.

Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Saad Khan, Partner, CMEA Capital (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Saad: Our office is based in San Francisco, but from an international perspective, what we’ve done is partner with a couple of other venture funds that we trusted in different regions. For instance, we were an LP (limited partner) in a fund in Europe called Hasso Plattner

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Working Capital (Debt) Financing For Entrepreneurs: Heather Onstott, Director Of Small Business, LaunchCapital (Part 6)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Heather: When we hold on to an investment – and this is something that the venture capital industry is really getting its head around today – for a very long time, we really need that multiple to be very high at the exit in order to make

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