Managing Risk: MetricStream Chairman Gunjan Sinha (Part 4)

Sramana: Zaplet had a certain technology set that you felt you could apply to risk management; they did not necessarily have risk management technology. Is that a correct statement? Gunjan Sinha: Yes. It was something we felt we could leverage. I had already invested in a company called MetricStream. After I had some conversations with

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Calling All Angel Investors

We are doing a retrospective on my blog on Seed Capital from Angel Investors as part of the 1M/1M project. As we speak with a variety of angels in different regions, what strikes me is the number of startups out there looking for seed capital.

Managing Risk: MetricStream Chairman Gunjan Sinha (Part 3)

Sramana: What were some of the highlights of the eGain story? Gunjan Sinha: Ashu and I had built WhoWhere?, which grew to be amazingly popular. We had web-based email, White Pages, and Yellow Pages. We had a lot of traffic and a lot of emails. That is where we had an idea that perhaps other

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Feb. 16: 116th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 116th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, February 16, 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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These Companies Are Built To Enjoy

In my November 14, 2011, column Reengineering Capitalism I introduced the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) project. My proposal is that if one million entrepreneurs can reach $1 million each in revenues, that would translate into 10 million jobs. Over the past few months I have been studying the entrepreneurs who come to pitch

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Managing Risk: MetricStream Chairman Gunjan Sinha (Part 2)

Sramana: When did you start MetricStream? Gunjan Sinha: We started MetricStream in 1999. The MetricStream we know today was created with the merger of Zaplet in 2004. Zaplet had raised a lot of money from institutional investors, and I essentially did a reverse merger to pull this current company from that environment. Shellye Archambeau served

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Roundtable Recap: February 9 – Are You Fundable?

Today’s roundtable had a couple of interesting businesses, but before I get to them, I want to underscore that entrepreneurs MUST gauge fundability before assuming that they can build their businesses by raising money. We’re getting this question constantly: Can 1M/1M help us raise money? This short video addresses that question: Now, let’s get to

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115th Roundtable Recording On February 9

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording