June 17 Roundtable Recording

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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

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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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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, June 10, 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 10, 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!

June 3 Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: June 3 – Defining Market Segments

I am very pleased with the conversations I had with the four entrepreneurs who presented today. All are going after problems to find solutions, as opposed to presenting solutions that are looking for problems.  While not every business solves a problem per se, all do cater to a need of some sort.  Once you identify

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