Roundtable Recap: February 16 – What’s Happening In Turkey?

As we were chit-chatting with the audience before kicking off today’s roundtable, an angel investor, Can Atacik, from Istanbul introduced himself. It was timely, because Turkey has been on my mind for a while, and I am very interested in learning more about what’s happening in Turkey in terms of entrepreneurship. So, readers, if you

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116th Roundtable Recording On February 16

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116th Roundtable Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 116th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, February 16, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. IST. Click here to join.

1M/1M Video: How Long Can You Keep Dreaming?

Folks, We’ve all been working very, very hard. Time to laugh a little … We’ve launched the 1M/1M Comic Strip based on our experience working with entrepreneurs for the past few years. Hope you have as much fun with it as we’re having creating these. Oh, and who’s we? That would be Sramana Mitra, Irina

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Bootstrapping A 100M+ E-Commerce Company: OpticsPlanet CEO Mark Levitin (Part 1)

Mark Levitin is the CEO and founder of OpticsPlanet, an online supplier and retailer of technical and high-performance gear. OpticsPlanet was founded in 2000 and has since been recognized as a leading online retailer by Inc. Magazine and Internet Retailer Magazine. Mark studied engineering in the Soviet Union, where he worked as a medical engineer

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Thursday, February 16: 116th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 116th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, February 16, 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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Managing Risk: MetricStream Chairman Gunjan Sinha (Part 7)

Sramana: I am aware of the complexities involved with risk management systems. There have been several instances where I have encountered the issue. It involves a highly specialized area of expertise. How did you build knowledge of the overall risk domain? Gunjan Sinha: That brings up good lesson for entrepreneurs. You need to find a

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Managing Risk: MetricStream Chairman Gunjan Sinha (Part 6)

Sramana: What impact did your aggressive marketing campaign have on your company and your marketplace? Gunjan Sinha: The market shifted from being in an early evangelical phase to something that had broad-based adoption. Customers stopped thinking of it as something that was nice to have and started thinking of it as something they had to

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