1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs June 24, 2010

For entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture, Sramana Mitra will be holding a FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable on Thursday, June 24, 2010, starting at 8am PDT/11am EDT/8:30pm IST.  You can find more details and register here.  Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know!

Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Zest For Creation

 Here is a nice review of Sramana Mitra’s Innovation: Need Of The Hour, volume four of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series, by ForeWord Clarion Reviews: “The time is now for ‘a system that rewards long-term, sustained effort in solving humanity’s biggest problems, not one driven by unbridled greed,’ Sramana Mitra writes in the fourth volume in her series

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Roundtable Recap: June 17 – Online Education Startups

Today’s roundtable was organized in collaboration with TiE Delhi, and had a special emphasis on the online education sector with three out of the five entrepreneurs presenting education businesses. Ankur Mehra and his associate Aditya started off by introducing Guruvantage. Ankur and Aditya have determined that training managers at various Indian companies need help with

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June 17 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, here is the recording:

Vision India 2020 Book Review: ThinkChange India

Vinay Ganti with ThinkChange India recently spoke with Sramana Mitra about her book Vision India 2020. You can find the “Sramana Mitra wants to help you transform India into an innovation hotbed” interview here. In a separate review of the book he says: “Very few books attempt to ‘show not tell’ what an ecosystem of innovation

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, June 17

The next free online 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs will be held this Thursday, June 17, 2010, starting at 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST.  TiE New Delhi is co-hosting this roundtable, so their members will be presenting their businesses. All are welcome to attend.  You can find more details and register here.

June 10 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, here is the recording:

Roundtable Recap: June 10 – Efficient Targeting

Today’s roundtable was a difficult one, as I had to tell an entrepreneur not to proceed with his business that is ready to launch. Shamoon Siddiqui presented MetroFlats.com, a vacation rental marketplace he plans to launch next month.  He says that all the vacation rental sites out there including Vacationrentals.com and FlipKey are directory services,

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