Feb. 9: 115th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 115th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, February 9, 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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1M/1M Video: Can I Get Private 1-on-1 Sessions In 1M/1M?

Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Jim Ackerman, Founder of Ackermania Creative (Part 5)

SM: How does a “YouTuber” push somebody else’s video through her channel? JA: Just by liking it. SM: So, whatever video anyone likes gets promoted to that person’s entire channel? JA: Yes. Other people can see what your favorites are and what your likes are. And just like Facebook and other things, when you like

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Monetizing Premium Social App Ad Inventory and Scaling a Capital-Efficient Business: appssavvy CEO Chris Cunningham (Part 2)

Sramana: When was the official beginning of appssavvy? Chris Cunningham: It officially started in November  2007. This was pre-Apple commercials. We were one of the first companies to create a name that had “apps” in it. There was not an application conversation market in those days. I did have an important lesson I learned during

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Roundtable Recap: February 2 – YCombinator vs. 1M/1M

Today’s roundtable, as usual, was an international affair, with entrepreneurs presenting from different parts of the US, India, Israel, and many other geographies. Before I share what we heard from them today, I want to highlight an important aspect of 1M/1M that is repeatedly underscored in these roundtables: the international, inclusive, democratic nature of the

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Outsourcing: Rick Ferry, COO of C3 (Part 2)

SM: What kind of outsourcing work do you do? RF: It’s primarily complex customer service interactions and primarily voice. SM: So, it’s a voice contact center? RF: Correct.

Outsourcing: Ross Kimbarovsky, Co-Founder of CrowdSPRING (Part 4)

SM: You mentioned naming projects. If you’re getting 100 different names, how does the payment work? There’s no more work to do after the naming is done. RK: The wrap-up for naming projects is simple. When you pick your favorite name, we pay the person who recommended it. So that you understand, we are sensitive

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114th Roundtable Recording On February 2

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