1M/1M: Video Message Based On Recent Talks

I have been giving a lot of talks lately, and interacting with hundreds of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship development leaders around the world. Here is an YouTube video synthesizing some of the core points of these discussions on bootstrapping, positioning, and lean startups:

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Outsourcing: Alexei Miller, Executive Vice President Of DataArt (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: So, are you doing quantitative analysis for hedge funds and banks and work like that as part of your offering? Alexei Miller: Not exactly. We are doing a software system that works with those models. What we found several years ago when we explored that particular market was that this is the kind

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs on Thursday, April 28

Entrepreneurs interested in discussing their startup ventures are invited to pitch their businesses or attend this FREE online strategy roundtable on Thursday, April 28, 2011, starting at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details here and register here.

Internships With 1M/1M

Readers, it’s internship season, and I want to highlight where we have opportunities within the 1M/1M program. Internships can last as long as you like, but need to be for a minimum of 3 months. You need to commit at least 5 hours a week to the project.

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: mopay, Palo Alto, California

According to Mashable, the global combined market for all types of mobile payments is expected to double from its current value to reach more than $600 billion by 2013. The mobile payment market for goods and services, excluding contactless near field communication (NFC) transactions and money transfers, is expected to exceed $300 billion globally by

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Plug-and-Play Cloud Storage At Home: Cloud Engines CEO Daniel Putterman (Part 4)

Sramana: In which year did you leave Macrovision? Daniel Putterman: The sale was the first of January 2007. I was on my way by the middle of that year. The bulk of the core team also came along around that time. We had a small core team.

Outsourcing: Alexei Miller, Executive Vice President Of DataArt (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: And when you talk about this domain knowledge, where does it begin? Are you getting involved at the business analysis level or functionality specification level, or are you coming in more at the implementation level? Alexei Miller: We try to get involved in the architectural level. It is quite popular among outsourcing companies

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Business Incubator Series: Linda Darragh, ARCH New Business Incubator, University of Chicago – Illinois (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Vandana Upadhyay Irina: How many of these companies are technology businesses? Is there any industry preference? Linda: Almost all are technology businesses. A lot of it is mobile and Internet but there are business services as well. Among the ones that won last year, one is a business service

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