2011 Innotribe $100K Startup Challenge

The 2011 Innotribe $100K Startup Challenge presents an opportunity for startups in banking, payments, securities, trading, social media, big data, security, identity, mobile, small business & IT infrastructure to introduce themselves to over 9,700 banks and corporations, and win one of two $50K prizes. 10 finalists will pitch to an invitation-only audience at Sibos on

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Bootstrapping A Healthcare IT Startup To 50 Million: Eliza Corporation President Alexandra Drane (Part 2)

Sramana: What path did you take from that upbringing? Alexandra Drane: Throughout high school and my early college years I would work in my dad’s startups. He invested in a lot of technology companies and startups in the local area. I was a complete slacker in high school, and I went primarily to have fun.

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Roundtable Recap: August 11 – Menlo Park And The Silicon Valley Renaissance

During this week’s roundtable, we started off by discussing the pre-incubation procedure we are recommending with audience members from different parts of the world. This week, I’ve had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from

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Silicon Valley Renaissance with The Menlo Park City Council

For those of you who resonated with the ideas presented in my Silicon Valley Renaissance piece, we (myself, Dominique Trempont, and architect Bernardo Urquieta) have since opened a dialog with members of the Menlo Park City Council, and they are interested in incorporating them into the city’s revival plans. As many of you are aware, Facebook is about

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Roundtable Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, August 11, at 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST. Click here to join.

Roundtable Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, August 11, at 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

How Much Is An Entrepreneur’s Time Worth?

By guest author Irina Patterson Ms. Sramana Mitra, the owner of this blog and founder of 1M/1M, interviewed hundreds of successful technology entrepreneurs, many of whom are her good friends. All of them built successful multi-million dollar technology companies by trial and error. Many made mistakes that easily cost them a few million dollars in lengthy

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Does Your Region Experience Brain Drain Of Technology Entrepreneurs?

By guest author Irina Patterson For the past three decades, serious technology entrepreneurs have come to Silicon Valley to seek help with their early-stage businesses. Ms. Sramana Mitra, the owner of this blog, founded the One Million by One Million program (1M/1M) so that they wouldn’t  need to come to Silicon Valley. 1M/1M is a global

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