April 19: Opportunity For Entrepreneurs To Pitch At 123rd FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 123rd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India 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”

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Freemium, Conversion Rates and More: AVG CEO J.R. Smith (Part 5)

Sramana: How was traffic being driven to the AVG website? J.R. Smith: It was mostly coming from the web as organic traffic. There were so many affiliates and partners giving away the software on their websites that Google had listed AVG as one of the top search results for the term “free antivirus.” It was

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Catching Up On Readings: 1M/1M Internships for Summer 2012

Do you want to learn about entrepreneurship and critical 21st-century business skills while making a difference? We have two amazing internships, one in geo-specific social media marketing and another in social media content. Click on the links to learn how to apply.

Freemium, Conversion Rates and More: AVG CEO J.R. Smith (Part 4)

Sramana: What did you do after you Dot Mobile? J.R. Smith: As I was leaving Dot, I had heard that a firm I knew had purchased a small antivirus company called AVG out of the Czech Republic. It was a company that was doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue and had a nice

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Freemium, Conversion Rates and More: AVG CEO J.R. Smith (Part 3)

Sramana: What did you do after you left Telecom Solutions Group? J.R. Smith: I left to found a MVNO, which is a mobile virtual network operator. Virgin Mobile is perhaps the most famous MVNO. MVNOs lease capacity with network operators, and they are in charge of sales, marketing and distribution. They have their own brand

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1M/1M Internships: Social Media Content

Students, as you are gearing up to apply for summer internships, here is an overview of what 1M/1M has in store this year. As you know, our mission is to help 1 million entrepreneurs build $1 million in annual revenue. We will be awarding 1M/1M scholarships to those interns who complete 100 hours of successful

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Top 10 Myths About Entrepreneurship

In this video Sramana Mitra shares the The 10 Biggest Myths About Entrepreneurship with iamstarting.com:

WITI San Diego Event & 1M/1M Roundtable For Women Tech Entrepreneurs

WITI (Women In Technology International) San Diego will be hosting an event, “Investing in Women — Increasing Opportunities for Funding Women,” on Thursday, April 19, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in San Diego. A panel of investors will discuss the start-up funding gap. You can find more information here and register here. On April 26

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