TiE Chennai, TiE Mumbai, Indian Angel Network Co-Hosting 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, March 31

As a prelude to the upcoming in-person roundtables with Sramana Mitra in India next month, entrepreneurs from Chennai, Mumbai, and Pune interested in discussing their startup ventures are encouraged to pitch during or attend this FREE online strategy roundtable, co-hosted by TiE Chennai, TiE Mumbai, and Indian Angel Network, on Thursday, March 31, 2011, starting

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: AngelList Founder Naval Ravikant (Part 1)

Some of you have read my recent post AngelList, CapLink and Financing Marketplaces, in which I publicly supported the work Naval Ravikant and others are doing to increase liquidity in the seed capital portion of the market. Following that, Naval and I decided to sit down for a more comprehensive chat. Over the next several

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Building An Outsourcing Company In China: Bleum CEO Eric Rongley (Part 4)

Sramana: What was the situation in China in 2001–2002, and how has it evolved? Eric Rongley: When I resigned from Capital One, I had to decide if I wanted to do the business in India or China. I knew that if I did the business in India, it would be accepted by the market easier.

Catching Up On Readings: 75th One Million By One Million Roundtable

This week we held the 75th One Million by One Million roundtable. Every week, entrepreneurs come together for these free public roundtables to present their companies, get advice, and share ideas. All are welcome; learn more here.

Business Incubator Series: Interview With Julia Rosen, Associate Vice-President For Innovation And Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University, Venture Catalyst At ASU — Scottsdale, Arizona (Part 3)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Julia: Many times, our early-stage entrepreneurs don’t have the resources to pay professional service providers. They’re much more interested in working with a group of bright graduate students. So, we connect entrepreneurs with students who might be able to perform certain services for them.

Business Incubator Series: Interview With Kerry Rupp, Managing Partner, DreamIt Ventures – Philadelphia And New York City (Part 4)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Irina: How many applicants do you accept? Kerry: We will take 15 companies in [each of] the upcoming sessions, and that is the maximum we accept because we think there is really good interaction between them at that number. It will be a maximum of 60 people,

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Building An Outsourcing Company In China: Bleum CEO Eric Rongley (Part 3)

Sramana: When you started the operation, what were your first steps? What was the startup process? Eric Rongley: As an expat in Shanghai, I had a lot of other friends in Shanghai who were doing well and feeling entrepreneurial in the heyday of the dot-com era.

Business Incubator Series: Interview With Julia Rosen, Associate Vice-President For Innovation And Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University, Venture Catalyst At ASU — Scottsdale, Arizona (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Julia: Maybe I should give you a bit of context about to why we’re doing this and why our programs are, perhaps, a little different from the others you’ve presented in your interviews. Of course, we are a public university. We are the largest public university in

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