Thursday, June 21: 132nd FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable With Innovation Pavilion In Colorado

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 132nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable with entrepreneurs from Innovation Pavilion in Colorado on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. MDT/8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT. All are welcome to register to “attend event online” to watch and learn. You can find more details here and register here.

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Tuesday, June 19: London School of Economics & European Student Startups Entrepreneurs To Pitch & Win At 131st FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 131st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable – a competition with LSE and ESS entrepreneurs co-hosted by A&N Media and Elance – on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. BST/8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT. The winners, chosen by Sramana Mitra and executives with A&N Media and Elance, will each receive yearlong

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Penny Herscher, CEO of FirstRain (Part 1)

The sales and marketing teams of large enterprises have their work cut out for them when it comes to curating new business. So, they welcome companies like FirstRain that facilitate the research that’s required to effectively cultivate relationships with prospects. FirstRain is an international company based in San Mateo, California. With satellite offices in New

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Bootstrapping to 8 Million from Brittany – Digitaleo CEO Jocelyn Denis (Part 5)

Sramana: Have you done any work in the U.S. yet? Jocelyn Denis: We opened a U.S. subsidiary a year ago and I am very happy. We did our market research by opening a subsidiary. You have to test a market first before you can modify and return with adaptation.

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2012: Nerds On Call, Redding California

Individual consumers and independent contractors, probably more than any others, need affordable computer repairs and services. Fortunately, companies like Redding, California–based Nerds On Call, many can satisfy that need. Founded in March 2004, Nerds On Call offers on-site computer and laptop repair services to consumers and businesses. Nerds On Call provides troubleshooting for PCs and

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Catching Up On Readings: A Little-Known Artist at “The Crossroads of the World”

Readers in New York City might want to head over to Times Square on Monday evening, where, the New York Times reports, a billboard being used for a Sprint ad will temporarily become a work of art. The organization behind the project, ArtistsWanted.org, is a for-profit organization that aims to connect audiences to artists. Click

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Bootstrapping to 8 Million from Brittany – Digitaleo CEO Jocelyn Denis (Part 4)

Sramana: Once you had established a profitable business in the text messaging area, what did you establish as your strategy for growth? Jocelyn Denis: In 2009 and 2010 I decided to invest more in multichannel platforms. We looked at things like customer satisfaction surveys over mobile phones. Retailers knew that customers were going on blogs,

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Mark McCormick, Senior VP of Customer Experience, Internet Services Group at Wells Fargo (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: So people can transfer money to others regardless of whether the recipient is on the Wells Fargo system? Mark McCormick:  Yes, exactly. SM: All right. Is there anything else that you want to talk about? MM: The last thing I would say is that we’re always working on ways to humanize our channels.

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