Entrepreneurs are invited to the 215th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any
Sramana Mitra: Absolutely. If you were starting a company today, what unsolved problem would you be looking at? Radhika Subramanian: Education. Sramana Mitra: What about education? Have you given it any further thought? Education is going through a massive disruption right now.
Sramana: When did you decide to raise money? Kevin North: In 2006, I decided to raise money because we were experiencing some traction. We were still in single digits but that was a big improvement from 2004 when we still had less than $1 million in revenue. When I was raising money, we were at
During this week’s roundtable, we had three strategy discussions, as well as a general discussion on the ultra-light startups trend. Before we started the slide presentation, Pinky Thakkar called in to get some input on her brand strategy vis-à-vis product naming. She has several products that have received coverage as well as awards. However, she
Sramana Mitra: Let’s anchor this on some dates. What year were you noodling with this idea? Mike Carter: I graduated from college in 1992. I immediately went to work for this tech startup called The Computer Group. That company was acquired in 1996 by IKON Office Solutions. It’s part of the overall document workflow type
Sramana Mitra: I think what made Google happen is their business model innovation. Radhika Subramanian: It was their business model, but it was also the fact that it was ranked search as opposed to just search. There are some of those parallels here as well. I don’t know how many times we hear this where
Today’s 214th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, May 8, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.
Today’s 214th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, May 8, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!