September 24 – 277th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 277th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, September 24, 2015, 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 of your questions.

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276th Roundtable Recording On September 17, 2015: With FusionCharts CEO Pallav Nadhani

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

Bootstrapping a $10 Million E-Commerce Business: Seismic Audio CEO Steve Acree (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Talk to me a bit about where your revenues are today. We are getting to the end of 2015. What number are you going to close at this year? Steve Acree: In 2012, Amazon approached us. They wanted to purchase directly from us. That has beefed up the revenue this year. Last year,

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Roundtable Recap: September 17 – From A Small Town In The Foothills Of The Himalayas

During this week’s roundtable, I was delighted to see an entrepreneur – a young student from Siliguri, a small town in the foothills of the Himalayas – pitch an interesting project. I will talk about the project shortly, but let me start by commenting on the phenomenon that simply thrills me: young entrepreneurs in every

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276th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 276th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, September 17, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

276th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 276th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, September 17, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Bootstrapping a $10 Million E-Commerce Business: Seismic Audio CEO Steve Acree (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How much was your total revenue line in 2009 when you had six employees? Steve Acree: In the neighborhood of $2.5 million to $3 million. Sramana Mitra: What’s the next major inflection point in the business after 2009? Steve Acree: It started to get cumbersome. It was three dashboards. You had to plug

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Bootstrapping a $10 Million E-Commerce Business: Seismic Audio CEO Steve Acree (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: In 2007 when you introduced this new channel, how much did Amazon do? Steve Acree: Amazon, at the get-go, didn’t do a whole lot. In the first month, it sold about 10 items. By the six-month mark, it was doing about $10,000 a month in sales. After about 12 months, it was doing about

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