Roundtable Recap: September 25 – From E-Commerce to Web 3.0 with Tod Francis, Shasta Ventures

Today’s roundtable started off with a great conversation with Tod Francis of Shasta Ventures. We started with a discussion on the history of retail, all the way from shoe stores, to departmental stores, and back to specialty retail. This was followed by a similar overview of the history of e-commerce ranging from Amazon’s strategy to

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231st Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 231st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, September 25, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

231st Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 231st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, September 25, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Thursday, September 25 – 231st 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 231st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, September 25, 2014, 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

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: So there is a lot going on in the virtual currency payment space. That whole area right now is very active innovation-wise. Jeff Lawson: Yes. Sramana Mitra: It’s probably the most active it has been in a long time.

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio (Part 6)

Jeff Lawson: Now what you’re seeing in Web 2.0 is this more vertically integrated approach where instead of just veneer on top of the existing industry, you actually have companies that are cutting all the way through the stack and existing industry to provide a better solution overall. Coming back to homes, I can now

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September 25 – 231st 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 231st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, September 25, 2014, 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

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: How big is your developer ecosystem? I imagine that part of your strategy is to unleash the whole creativity of the developer ecosystem on your platform. Jeff Lawson: Yes, we have over 400,000 developers using our platform. Sramana Mitra: Are these large companies? What’s the mix of that ecosystem?