Thursday, Feb. 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 5)

Sramana: What was your rationale behind launching ComplianceOnline.com? Gunjan Sinha: We viewed it as a way to bring the community together. It is a way to distribute best practices for compliance, risk, and governance under one umbrella. We have experts who share what works across different regulations, risk areas, countries, and regions. I wanted to

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Catching Up On Readings: Sunday Puzzle

If you haven’t tried a Google a day, you may want to check out these puzzles on a variety of topics while honing your search skills.

Ownership Matters

For those of you rushing to raise venture capital with a deck of slides or a minimum viable product, let me offer you a challenge: How can you get to a $20 million pre-money valuation in Series A, raise $5 million, and keep control of 80% of the equity?

Managing Risk: MetricStream Chairman Gunjan Sinha (Part 4)

Sramana: Zaplet had a certain technology set that you felt you could apply to risk management; they did not necessarily have risk management technology. Is that a correct statement? Gunjan Sinha: Yes. It was something we felt we could leverage. I had already invested in a company called MetricStream. After I had some conversations with

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Calling All Angel Investors

We are doing a retrospective on my blog on Seed Capital from Angel Investors as part of the 1M/1M project. As we speak with a variety of angels in different regions, what strikes me is the number of startups out there looking for seed capital.

Managing Risk: MetricStream Chairman Gunjan Sinha (Part 3)

Sramana: What were some of the highlights of the eGain story? Gunjan Sinha: Ashu and I had built WhoWhere?, which grew to be amazingly popular. We had web-based email, White Pages, and Yellow Pages. We had a lot of traffic and a lot of emails. That is where we had an idea that perhaps other

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Feb. 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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