Research Internships For 2010

A number of research interns have worked with me over the past few years, pursuing specific topics of interest to them and to me. The first was Vijay Nagarajan, whose excellent work on the wireless chip sector led him from being an engineer in Atheros to a product manager at Broadcom. Vijay’s work is now

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1M/1M: Entrepreneurs, What Do You Need?

Over the last five years, I have interacted with literally thousands of early-stage entrepreneurs, and I think I have a decent idea about the requirements for 1M/1M. But this morning’s post by entrepreneur Nari Kannan titled What Do I Need From An Incubator gave me an idea. Why don’t you, my readers, help me validate

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What Do I Need From An Incubator?

By guest author Nari Kannan As an entrepreneur, what do I need from an incubator? Of late, there has been a lot of discussion in this forum about incubators, what measures they use for their own success, their business models, and so forth. In this post I discuss five things that I, as an entrepreneur, need

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Deal Radar 2010: Avisena

Avisena provides revenue cycle management (RCM) technology and services to medical practices à la athenahealth. The Avisena business model combines proprietary practice management technology delivered through the Web with a back-office service organization staffed with a team who manage collections and help physicians to better understand and improve their revenue cycles.

A Serial Entrepreneur’s Playbook: ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo (Part 7)

SM: How do you conduct sales? SW: We primarily sell via telesales. SM: Are you able to sell to the enterprise accounts that way as well? SW: We do go visit them frequently. That is not a huge deal for us because we are organized by region.

Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs on Thursday

Sramana Mitra’s next free online strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs will be held on this Thursday, April 8, 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!

Vision India 2020 Book Review: Atul Kapur, TiE

Atul Kapur is the President of TiE Rajasthan.  TiE is the world’s largest organization fostering entrepreneurship.  Here is his review: “Vision India 2020 is a marvel. It is a must for anyone who has ever thought about entrepreneurship in any form and an absolute must for anyone who has not. As the President of TiE Rajasthan,

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Deal Radar 2010: Thread Logic

Thread Logic creates custom logo embroidered apparel for businesses and organizations. Products include everything from polo shirts to aprons to fleece blankets. In a business that has been slow to go online, Thread Logic has focused almost exclusively on Internet sales while maintaining close customer relationships.