Raj Sheth’s Recruiterbox was chosen the best business of those presented at the last roundtable through a poll on our 1M/1M Facebook page. Congratulations! In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here, read Sramana Mitra’s roundtable recap here, and register for upcoming roundtables here.
At this week’s roundtable, we had five entrepreneurs pitching. One recurring theme that kept coming up is that entrepreneurs are finding guerrilla p.r. and SEO as two of the most effective and affordable customer acquisition strategies. At yesterday’s private roundtable we also had this discussion, so I thought I would mention it in today’s recap.
In case you missed it, here is the recording. You can choose the business you like best of those presented through a poll on our 1M/1M Facebook page.
Sramana: What was your run rate after you began channel deals? Daniel Putterman: If you look at the run rate from October through the end of the year, it becomes clear that the channels put us on the map and everyone got excited about the product. Every time a Pogoplug customer buys a device, they
Sramana: It sounds as though you had a good product completed before you launched. Daniel Putterman: We did, and it took a lot of hard work to do it. It was a leap of faith to launch it in the way we did. The clincher was that one of my lead investors is Foundry Group.
Douglas Villalobos’ GeoInvenio was chosen the best business of those presented at the last roundtable through a poll on our 1M/1M Facebook page. Congratulations! In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here, read Sramana Mitra’s roundtable recap here, and register for upcoming roundtables here.
Sramana: Let’s go back to the “press went crazy” comment. The press does not go crazy, you make the press go crazy. Daniel Putterman: I would love to take credit, but all we said when we were at our booth was that nobody was too important or small for us to talk to. This was
Entrepreneurs interested in discussing their startup ventures are invited to pitch their businesses or attend this FREE online strategy roundtable on Thursday, April 28, 2011, starting at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details here and register here.