College Bootstrapping Buddies: Grasshopper Cofounders Siamak Taghaddos And David Hauser (Part 1)

Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser are both serial entreprenuers and co-founders of Grasshopper, which offers advanced phone capabilites to small businesses. Siamak oversees the strategic direction of Grasshopper and serves as the company’s brand visionary while David oversees the strategic direction and operations of Grasshopper and serves as the company’s technology visionary. They met as students

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Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs on Thursday

Sramana Mitra’s next free online strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs will be held on this Thursday, April 8, 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!

Vision India 2020 Book Review: Atul Kapur, TiE

Atul Kapur is the President of TiE Rajasthan.  TiE is the world’s largest organization fostering entrepreneurship.  Here is his review: “Vision India 2020 is a marvel. It is a must for anyone who has ever thought about entrepreneurship in any form and an absolute must for anyone who has not. As the President of TiE Rajasthan,

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Vision India 2020 Book Review: Dr. Sridhar Mitta

Dr. Sridhar Mitta is the Managing Director and Founder of NextWealth Entrepreneurs Private Limited and the Managing Director of e4e.com India.  He was the first employee at Wipro and during his tenure as Chief Technology Officer and President of Wipro’s Global R&D, it became the highest valued company in India.  Dr. Mitta is also a Trustee

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1M/1M: Receivables Financing

My Forbes column today is Financial Instruments To End The Recession. It addresses two key issues that we have been discussing recently: working capital financing and receivables financing. In this discussion, I invite comments from the receivables financing world on how you see the risks and returns of receivables financing. What checks and balances do/should

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Roundtable Recap: April 1 – Bootstrapping Tips

I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Based on this work, I’ve been able to draw a few conclusions. First, a good percentage of entrepreneurs don’t bother validating their ideas. Another percentage are immediately interested in raising money. Raising money without validating the business is pretty much

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April 1 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, here is the recording:

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday

Sramana Mitra’s next free online strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs will be held on this Thursday, April 1, 2010, starting at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details and register here. Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know!