Sramana: How did Kayak and Zappos find out about you? Victoria Ransom: Zappos had an employee who went on some vacations with Access Trips. We reached out to him, and he put us in touch with the right person. Kayak had heard of us, and at the same time we were doing outreach through our
The entrepreneurs listed below will be pitching their businesses to Sramana Mitra during three dynamic roundtable sessions at the Citrix Executive Briefing Centre in Bangalore, India, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. There are still a few seats left, register here. Roundtable 1 Ajit Narayan, Avaz Cohan Sujay Carlos, Aiaioo Labs Janakiram Ganesan, MineWhat Hari Babu,
Sramana: Why did the two of you decide to start an adventure travel company as your first entrepreneurial venture? Victoria Ransom: When we were in investment banking, we were both looking to learn to surf. We had tried to find a trip where we could do that, and everything we found seemed to be oriented
On Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Sramana Mitra will be participating in several events for entrepreneurs in Bangalore, India. In the afternoon, Citrix will be hosting three roundtable sessions where 15 entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to pitch their businesses to Sramana for immediate feedback and guidance. You can register to “attend” to watch and learn.
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Victoria has been an entrepreneur since her early twenties and has developed three companies. As founder and CEO of Wildfire (www.wildfireapp.com), Victoria led the company to profitability in just one year and has built the company to tens of thousands of customers, over 250 employees, and
By guest author Greg Muender The old axiom is true: you do indeed have to spend money to make money. Your business will never get off the ground if you can’t get the word out, and you can’t get the word out without money. Fortunately, that doesn’t mean you have to already be a millionaire
Sramana: Whom do you consider as your competitors? If Art.com is selling Picasso, they are not your competitor. Sean Broihier: Most of the artwork on our site is from living artists and photographers from all over the world. The images that Art.com are selling are supplied to them from large image libraries all over the