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December 22 – 333rd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 332nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, December 22, 2016, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 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

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Are E-Commerce Ventures Still Fundable?

332nd Roundtable Recording on December 15, 2016

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

Diamond Auctions Online: Benny De-Kalo, CEO of Worthy.com (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What was the inflection point of the business? When you raised A, you had a million in revenue but you didn’t have a full indication of how fast this was all going to go. At what point in the story did you find that inflection point and what was the driver of that inflection

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Roundtable Recap: December 15 – Sharing Economy Trend Continues to Inspire Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we touched upon the sharing economy trend through yet another startup with a specific twist. Riders Share We had Guillermo Conejo from Costa Mesa, California, pitching Riders Share, a peer to peer motorcycle rental marketplace venture. Guillermo did a nice of of presenting the issue that motorcycle rentals are very expensive,

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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Rob Waldron, CEO of Curriculum Associates (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Explain to me what you organization looks like to be able to do something like this. This is not something you can do with technology. You’re going to have to analyze everything. Perhaps you can analyze and pinpoint to some extent using technology, but somebody has to go through it manually and look

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The Future: Focus on Micro Businesses for the Next 30 Years

I have written several pieces under The Future series title. Here’s a recap: – The Future – Genetic Engineering? – The Future – Destructive Technology Trends – The Future – End Of Capitalism – The Future – The Problem With Longevity – The Future – Technology Without Philosophy – The Future – The Most Important Entrepreneurial Challenge

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