March 8: 119th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 119th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, March 8, 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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Israeli Entrepreneurs: Microsoft Meets Sramana Mitra Pitch-Fest On March 12

Microsoft and Israel Startup Network will be co-hosting this special roundtable pitch-fest with Sramana Mitra on Monday, March 12, 5:30 p.m. IST, at Microsoft in Raanana, Israel. Microsoft is offering 1M/1M scholarships to the top three entrepreneurs pitching during this event. You can find more details here and register here. If you are unable to

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Rob Jewell, Founder and CEO of Spruce Media (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: That would be great for the Facebook API. Facebook right now [has] three billion [dollars in advertising revenue] or something? Rob Jewell: Yes. I think they’re probably four billion. SM: Four billion. So, how much of that is going through this kind of optimization? How much is going direct? RJ: I don’t have

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Building An Enterprise Software Company From Europe: President Of Neolane North America, Stephan Dietrich (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: Did you build a direct U.S. sales force? Stephan Dietrich: Yes. We did that right away. That is why we raised the money. You cannot go into a country with one or two people. We needed to have 15 people to cover sales, marketing, consulting, training, and support. I moved over with my

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Rob Jewell, Founder and CEO of Spruce Media (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: A customer or lead? Rob Jewell: A lead, someone who has signed up for Living Social’s daily deals newsletter. SM: So, Living Social decided to go with your media buying team and technology over its own media buying team and technology to buy on Facebook. Would you talk in a more specific way

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Building An Enterprise Software Company From Europe: President Of Neolane North America, Stephan Dietrich (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What did you do that allowed you to penetrate the U.S. market in a significant way? You raised money for that purpose in 2006; what was the strategy? How did you build the business from 2006 on? Stephan Dietrich: We still have not penetrated the U.S. market totally. We won deals against the

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March 17-19: Rendezvous With Sramana Mitra In Pune

Sramana Mitra will be in Pune, India, from March 17 to 19, for the ISBA 2012 conference at the Pune Marriott Hotel & Convention Centre on Senapati Bapat Road. On Monday, March 19, at 9:15 a.m., she will be speaking about “Building India’s Entrepreneurship Pipeline.” Afterwards, she will be co-chairing a panel discussion on “Exploring Cross

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Thursday, March 8: 119th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 119th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, March 8, 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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