For entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture, Sramana Mitra will be holding a FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable on Thursday, June 3, 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!
According to some analysts estimates, nearly 20,000 entrepreneurs open online storefronts every week, and the growth in e-commerce sales continues to outstrip that of sales in physical stores. Early online players such as Dell and Starbucks are now joined by luxury watchmaker Longines and clothing designer Roberto Cavalli. With so many businesses now on the
SM: How has the online industry impacted the traditional executive search firms? Do you work with recruiters, or do you replace them? MC: Once a company has decided to hire $100,000 talent, they have made a decision that they need a professional to handle it. There are certain things your in-house HR staff is equipped
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How long does it take for a company to receive funding from your group? Malvern: It usually takes from one to three months to get comfortable with the company and complete due diligence. Irina: And the people are very important, right? Malvern: Oh, absolutely. The people
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Approximately how many deals have you invested in so far? Malvern: The total, including the ones I’ve exited, would probably be about 12, maybe more. But that includes deals that I’ve already exited for one reason or another . . . or they didn’t work. Irina:
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the fourth interview in our series on seed financing and angel investing. Today we are talking to Malvern D. Lusky, CPA, and individual angel who is also a part of the Houston Angel Network. Irina: Hi, Malvern. You’re an individual angel, right? And also associated
nCourt is a provider of judicial e-commerce solutions specifically for pro se litigants (litigants who represent themselves) to interact with lower-level courts. The system enables users to file documents such as small claims and eviction proceedings and pay traffic fines over the Internet with a credit card quickly and cost effectively, 24 hours a day,
SM: Once people get a new job, don’t they cancel their membership? MC: The base level of membership is free. With a free membership people can do some basic searches on the site, which essentially satisfies their curiosity. If they wanted to get serious, then they pay to see details about the job listing.