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Roundtable Recap: April 24 – Series A Pitch Needs Clarity On Hard Numbers

Posted on Friday, Apr 25th 2014

During this week’s roundtable we listened to four presentations. The first two entrepreneurs are a part of the Startup Palm Beach meetup, the others are from our general community. Krowde First up, Daniel Gudema from Boca Raton, Florida, pitched Krowde, a mobile social network for small businesses to manage their communities. In the roadmap is

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Ultra-light Startup with $6 Million Revenue: Car Part Kings CEO Michael Dash (Part 3)

Posted on Friday, Apr 25th 2014

Sramana: What was your team building process like? Michael Dash: We started very small with just David and I and then slowly started to add additional employees. We started with a database and network engineer. Then we hired a couple of PHP engineers and Magento developers. We also hired some designers and customer service members.

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Howard Lau, CEO of Attensity (Part 2)

Posted on Thursday, Apr 24th 2014

Sramana Mitra: You’re doing a sentiment analysis. If it’s a negative sentiment analysis, you’re trying to take action against that? Howard Lau: That’s a great insight. It is sentiment analysis. At the most basic level, you’re looking for things like positive, neutral, or negative sentiment. Our engine allows us to dive in to another level

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Student Entrepreneur to $10M+ in Revenue Without Dropping Out: Course Hero CEO Andrew Grauer (Part 2)

Posted on Thursday, Apr 24th 2014

Sramana Mitra: Explain to me the value proposition of your concept. Andrew Grauer: The best way to understand it is to think about tutoring. The first version of this was a content version of tutoring – getting supplemental help for people to learn and succeed effectively in their specific course at their school. We really

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212th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Apr 24th 2014

Today’s 212th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, April 24, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

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212th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Apr 24th 2014

Today’s 212th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, April 24, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

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Ultra-light Startup with $6 Million Revenue: Car Part Kings CEO Michael Dash (Part 2)

Posted on Thursday, Apr 24th 2014

Sramana: When did you start Car Part Kings? Michael Dash: We started it in late 2011. We incorporated and had the idea. We approached some different people about products that we were interested in. We launched in September of 2011. Sramana: What were you going to sell? Michael Dash: We talked to a number of

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Howard Lau, CEO of Attensity (Part 1)

Posted on Wednesday, Apr 23rd 2014

This discussion is about how Attensity is using unstructured data analysis to prevent churn in customer bases of Telecom, Consumer Electronics, and other verticals. Sramana Mitra: Howard, let’s start with introducing our audience to Attensity. Tell us what the company does. Also give us some of your background. Howard Lau: Thank you for this opportunity.

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