At today’s roundtable we had some interesting companies and a lot of fund-raising discussions, and I will review them shortly. Before I do, however, I want to talk about a thumb rule that I’d like to propose to entrepreneurs about raising money. Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive. So at any point,
By guest author Shaloo Shalini The third and final part of this series discusses formulating an implementation strategy and discovering blue-sky opportunities in the cloud. Formulate your integration strategy It is evident from industry-wide trends that a new business or startup has minimal integration points to deal with compared to companies with traditionally managed IT
By guest author Shaloo Shalini In the first part of this post, we named three things those considering cloud adoption must do. Again, they are: 1. Investigate your cloud adoption objectives and opportunities. 2. Formulate your integration strategy. 3. Discover your blue-sky opportunities in the cloud. Part 2 will cover investigating opportunities, and we’ll finish
By guest author Shaloo Shalini As an engrossed spectator witnessing the charge of the cloud computing brigade, deafened by the din and fascinated by the exhilaration and anticipation around cloud computing across the globe, I am reminded of the saying sometimes attributed to Voltaire: Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ. (No offense meant to
TiE Austin is co-hosting the next FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs, so TiE members from Texas will be given the first priority to pitch. The roundtable will begin at: 11 a.m. EDT/10 a.m. CDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more
Devon Glenn with Mediabistro’s mbStartups recently discussed 1M/1M and the roundtables with Sramana Mitra for her article, Before You Pitch An Investor, Pitch Here. You can read the entire article here.
In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here.
TiE Austin is co-hosting the next FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs, so TiE members from Texas will be given the first priority to pitch. The roundtable will begin at: 11 a.m. EDT/10 a.m. CDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more