Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Alex Bard, VP and GM of Desk.com, a Salesforce Company (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: There are limits to what you can do for your customers without blowing your profitability or viability. For example, we have taken this charter of democratizing entrepreneurship education. One of the value propositions we are working on is democratizing management consulting. Now, that cannot possibly happen. We charge a $1,000 annual membership fee,

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Parallel Entrepreneurship: Serguei Beloussov, Founder of Parallels (Part 3)

Sramana: What did you do after spending a summer in the remote regions of Russia selling various goods? Serguei Beloussov: When I returned to Moscow, I occupied a small room in an office space that my friends gave me. I had done some computer networking and telephone network installations for them, and in exchange they

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Pre-Seed Money via Crowdfunding: A Conversation with Rock The Post’s Alejandro Cremades

Today we are talking with Alejandro Cremades, the founder & CEO of Rock The Post, a crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Prior to Rock The Post, he worked as an attorney at King & Spalding in New York. During this time, he was involved in one of the biggest investment arbitration cases in history, Chevron

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Entrepreneurs – 145th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable On Oct. 18

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 145th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, October 18, 2012, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 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 register to

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Trend Spotting: The Era of E-Sharing

From sharing maternity clothing to sharing car rides, this seems to be the era of sharing, and the Internet is playing the role of the grand facilitator. A few people have already spotted the trend and are coming up with new ideas. Three such companies presented their products to me in the 1M/1M roundtables over past couple of months.

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Alex Bard, VP and GM of Desk.com, a Salesforce Company (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Is there any specific area that you’re looking at as an area you want to bring expertise in-house for? Alex Bard: That’s not something I can comment on. SM: OK. What about innovation? What’s on your radar in terms of companies that are doing interesting things in this domain?

Parallel Entrepreneurship: Serguei Beloussov, Founder of Parallels (Part 2)

Sramana: When you finished your education, what were your next steps? Did you stay in Russia? Serguei Beloussov: I actually did not finish that program in a normal way. I completed four years and was on my summer break when, in June and July of 1992, I went through some serious events that resulted in

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Roundtable Recap: October 11 – Don’t Wait For Someone To Fund Your Alpha

During today’s roundtable, we worked with two entrepreneurs, both with interesting business ideas. Khummo First, Josep Ballestes from Barcelona, Spain, pitched Khummo, a SaaS solution for hotels to collect feedback from customers through a mobile app. Josep already has a customer – a hotel chain with 1000 rooms – that is going to test the

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