Thursday, Feb. 23: 117th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 117th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain constructive feedback and she’ll answer any of your questions. Others can “attend” to

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Ken Stephens, Senior Vice-President of Cloud Services, Xerox (Part 1)

Xerox, originally known as the M.H. Kuhn Company and then the Haloid Company, has been around for more than 100 years. The first electrophotographic or xerographic copy was made in 1938 by inventor Chester Carlson, who patented the technology in 1942. In 1948, the name “Xerox” was trademarked. Since then, Xerox has permeated our culture

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Bootstrapping A 100M+ E-Commerce Company: OpticsPlanet CEO Mark Levitin (Part 5)

Sramana: You have made several references to your customer communities and lifestyles. Do you have an online community of users centered on a particular lifestyle which your experts moderate? For example, do you have a moderated hunters forum? Mark Levitin: Very much so. We have tens of thousands of posts on our forums. It is

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Catching Up On Readings: Keep Dreaming

All hard work and no play takes away the fun. To that end, the 1M/1M YouTube video channel has launched a comic strip series to help lighten your mood as we spread our message of bootstrapped entrepreneurship. The first is Keep Dreaming. For the rest of this week’s posts, click on the full article.

Bootstrapping A 100M+ E-Commerce Company: OpticsPlanet CEO Mark Levitin (Part 4)

Sramana: Your second market segment, which you call your ‘heroes’ segment, is very interesting because it would seem to be one that could be B2C and B2B. Mark Levitin: Yes, we have individuals who work professionally in those areas who will make purchases from us on their own accord, as well as fire departments or

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Bootstrapping A 100M+ E-Commerce Company: OpticsPlanet CEO Mark Levitin (Part 3)

Sramana: Did you own LOMO America Inc, and did you make LOMO America Inc an investor in OpticsPlanet.com? Mark Levitin: I did not have 100% ownership. I was a shareholder. LOMO America Inc was not an investor in OpticsPlanet.com. I funded it personally with some other partners.

Feb. 23: 117th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 117th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain constructive feedback and she’ll answer any of your questions. Others can “attend” to

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Bootstrapping A 100M+ E-Commerce Company: OpticsPlanet CEO Mark Levitin (Part 2)

Sramana: How long did you operate as an importer and distributor of LOMO? Mark Levitin: We did that for a number of years and grew the business to a point where it generated $10 million in revenue. It was a combination of product development and wholesale distribution. We never sold direct, which is very important

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