Next Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs on Thursday, January 21

Sramana Mitra is offering this free online strategy roundtable to entrepreneurs looking for a discussion on positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture. Up to 1,000 people can attend, but only the first five who register to pitch will be able to present their business ideas. All attendees are able to join in on the conversations via a

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My New Year’s Resolution

I wish you all a happy 2010, dear readers! I was reflecting back on 2009, and thinking what would be a good synthesis of the work I have been doing, and how I might succinctly summarize a New Year’s resolution for myself. Here is what I have come up with:

Next Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs on Thursday, January 7

Sramana Mitra is offering free weekly online strategy roundtables for entrepreneurs to address positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture. Up to 1,000 people can attend each session, but only the first five who register to pitch will be able to present their business ideas. All attendees are able to join in on the conversations via a

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Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Bootstrapping Is The Order Of The Day!

George Dearing plugged Sramana Mitra’s Positioning book on his blog, George Dearing dot com: “Enjoying Sramana Mitra’s 3rd book.  I’d recommend it to anyone working on new business models or trying to manage a product or services portfolio. Bootstrapping is the order of the day!” Positioning is available from Amazon in paperback and Kindle, and from Smashwords.com

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Next Strategy Roundtable on Wed. Oct. 7, 2009

Through this free, online Positioning Roundtable, Sramana Mitra aims to help early-stage entrepreneurs further develop their business ideas. Entrepreneurs can participate from anywhere by computer or phone and there will be a live, interactive chat throughout the webinar. You can find more details and register here.  We hope you will join us on Wed. Oct. 7, 2009 at 10 a.m. PT/1

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Forbes Column 2009: The VC Quandary

Your goal is to build a successful business, not raise a lot of funding. Read more in this week’s Forbes column, The VC Quandary.

Free Strategy Roundtable on Cisco Telepresence Sept 15

There are still a few openings in Santa Clara, London and Hyderabad for entrepreneurs to participate in person in Sramana Mitra’s free “Positioning Strategy Roundtable” Telepresence Video Conference on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to get feedback on your business idea, have specific questions answered, and to interact face-to-face with Sramana and other entrepreneurs. You can

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IT Business Edge Interview on Bootstrapping

Ann All interviewed Sramana for IT Business Edge recently: Bootstrapping A Better Alternative than VC for Most Startups. “[In the ’90s,] there was so much hoopla about venture capital that it created a completely wrong way of thinking about entrepreneurship.” “Entrepreneurs tend to be very extreme people. You kind of have to be crazy to

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