Business Incubator Series: Jerry Creighton, Enterprise Development Center, New Jersey Institute of Technology – Newark (Part 7)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Jerry: Very few of the SBA [Small Business Association] programs are of any value to us. Most of the companies here, their main asset is intellectual property. Intellectual property is different from brick-and-mortar [property]. If people go through SBA funding sources, they have to use their personal

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs In The U.S. Mountain States On Thursday, April 28

The next FREE online strategy roundtable will highlight entrepreneurs from the Mountain States region of the U.S., although all entrepreneurs with questions pertaining to their start-up ventures are welcome to pitch their businesses or attend on Thursday, April 28, 2011, starting at: 9 a.m. MDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details here

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Roundtable Recap: April 21- Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

After hosting three live roundtables and being on stage for six to seven hours a day, I have almost lost my voice. At this week’s roundtable, we worked with just two entrepreneurs and then spent the rest of the time on Q&A, which in itself was interesting. Evolutech Networks First up, Satya Choppadhandi from Bangalore,

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Plug-and-Play Cloud Storage At Home: Cloud Engines CEO Daniel Putterman (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Daniel Putterman is the president and CEO of Cloud Engines. Prior to his current position he founded Mediabolic in 1999 and served as CEO until its sale to Macrovision (now Rovi) in 2007. Additionally, he founded MaxInfo, the first collaborative Web media design software for the

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Outsourcing: Alexei Miller, Executive Vice President Of DataArt (Part 1)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Sudhindra Chada Our outsourcing series, begun last year by Tony Scott, continues this year with Sudhindra Chada. Tony’s objective was to examine, through interviews with executives of outsourcing companies in all industries, determine how the very idea of outsourcing has changed, understand the major trends in outsourcing and how

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Roundtable Recap: April 17 – High-Octane Energy In Pune

On April 17, I was in Pune for a 1M/1M live event. Pune has become a hotbed of product entrepreneurship in India, and I was curious to see what kinds of ventures are cooking there. Well, Persistent Systems and IncuCapital hosted a highly interactive and engaging session. Here are the companies that pitched at the

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Business Incubator Series: Ross Sanders, Bizdom U – Detroit, Michigan and Cleveland, Ohio (Part 3)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Irina: Could you describe an ideal company that would benefit from your program? Ross: Most people that we bring into our program do not have established businesses. They are people who are seeking out ideas. I can give you an example. There was a woman [Judy Davids]

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April 21 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, here is the recording. You can choose the business you like best of those presented through a poll on our 1M/1M Facebook page.