Democratization of Startup Financing: What’s in Store?

In anticipation of the JOBS Act, the democratization of the startup and small business financing industry is heating up. I wrote about CrowdFunding: Trends and Opportunities recently. Most of this is still a hypothesis. Investors have not started writing debt or equity checks to random strangers online yet. They may, they may not. We shall

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Roundtable Recap: November 8 – Never Too Old To Startup

During this week’s roundtable, we worked with four entrepreneurs, two of whom are premium members of the 1M/1M program. One of them, John Lynch, is our oldest member. At 90, John is doing a startup company in the area of innovative story-telling and legacy preservation for seniors. I hope that all of us would have

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148th Roundtable Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 148th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, November 8, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. IST. Click here to join.

148th Roundtable Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s FREE online 148th 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, November 8, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Funding Working Capital for Small Businesses: Kabbage CEO Marc Gorlin (Part 1)

Marc Gorlin is the co-founder of Kabbage and a serial entrepreneur. In 1996 he was a co-founder of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) and oversaw the financing and eventual sell of PGP to Network Associates in 1997. After PGP Marc co-founded VerticalOne, a content personalization service that was sold to S1 Corporation. Marc is also a

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From Australia to Silicon Valley: Leigh Jasper’s Amazing Journey with Aconex (Part 7)

Sramana: What percentage of your business is in the U.S. today? Leigh Jasper: On a bookings basis it is around 15% and growing fast. Within a couple of years, I think it will be the biggest part of our business. The U.S. market is just very large. We have 35 offices globally with 400 people.

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Thursday, Nov. 8 – 148th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 148th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/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 register to

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From Australia to Silicon Valley: Leigh Jasper’s Amazing Journey with Aconex (Part 6)

Sramana: You have moved to San Francisco and raised institutional financing from local VCs. Based on my knowledge of the industry, there is obviously a game plan here, and my inclination is to believe it is a roll-up game plan. Do you plan on rolling up another $70 million to $80 million of revenue by

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