Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Zest For Creation

 Here is a nice review of Sramana Mitra’s Innovation: Need Of The Hour, volume four of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series, by ForeWord Clarion Reviews: “The time is now for ‘a system that rewards long-term, sustained effort in solving humanity’s biggest problems, not one driven by unbridled greed,’ Sramana Mitra writes in the fourth volume in her series

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The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Coupa ,San Mateo, California

Coupa is an e-procurement and spending management provider with a mission to build “procurement for the masses” through its SaaS solution. It says that existing solutions were developed to support a model characterized by scarcity of information, mandates from management, and a centralized bureaucracy that placed buyers in each business unit to purchase on behalf

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Creative Bootstrapping To A 350 Million Dollar Exit: Nimsoft CEO Gary Read (Part 5)

SM: What was going on in the marketplace at that time? Why was there doubt that additional network monitoring software would be needed? GR: While customers had plenty of choices, many times those customers were not happy. The companies they were buying it from were not focused on customer satisfaction.

Seed Capital From Angel Investors: M. Todd Dean, Keiretsu Forum, Northwest Chapter President (Part 6)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you have a sector preference? Todd: I’d say it goes across the board. But we sold more medical device companies last year. I don’t know why, but we haven’t seen as many this year. It was just kind of one of those years where for

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: M. Todd Dean, Keiretsu Forum, Northwest Chapter President (Part 5)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you pay attention to the total available market (TAM) for companies’ products or services? Todd: Absolutely. We’ve invested as high as $13 million in a company. That was a company where we were swinging for the fences, and we were hoping that that would be

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: M. Todd Dean, Keiretsu Forum, Northwest Chapter President (Part 4)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What’s the typical valuation of a company? Todd: Typical valuations are about $1 million to $5 million. I would say on the high side, between $1 million and $10 million, but most of the companies we’re looking at are between that $1 million and $5 million

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Catching Up On Readings: A New Way Of Living Off The Land

The City of New York recently began financing classes on writing a business plan, marketing, and pitching that have been created for artists in an effort to help them earn a living through their art, not the day jobs that many of them have. With galleries throughout the United States, wildlife photographer Tom Mangelsen is

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Creative Bootstrapping To A 350 Million Dollar Exit: Nimsoft CEO Gary Read (Part 4)

SM: What was your solution for European companies? GR: It is very difficult for European companies to get established in the United States. The United States is such a large market, and European companies can spend such a large amount of money trying to get established without much success.