Online K-12 Education IPO In The Great Recession: Archipelago Learning Co-founders Cameron Chalmers, Dave Muzzo, And CEO Tim McEwen (Part 3)

SM: Dave and Cam, when you initially started to sell, did you focus on a particular grade level or subject area? DM: We started with grades 4, 6, 9, and 12. The subjects we focused on were math, reading, science, and social studies. Those grade levels and subject areas were chosen because of Ohio standards

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Online K-12 Education IPO In The Great Recession: Archipelago Learning Co-founders Cameron Chalmers, Dave Muzzo, And CEO Tim McEwen (Part 2)

SM: What happened during the year and a half you were building the product? I assume you were able to put it online. What kind of customers were coming to you? DM: We got a few people to register for a free service, and those users input their study material. We quickly realized over the

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How To Build A Million Dollar Business

In case you missed it, Donna Fenn with BNET interviewed Sramana Mitra for her article, How to Build a Million Dollar Business.  You can find the article here.

Online K-12 Education IPO In The Great Recession: Archipelago Learning Co-founders Cameron Chalmers, Dave Muzzo, And CEO Tim McEwen (Part 1)

David Muzzo and Cameron Chalmers cofounded Study Island in May 2000 and have been vice president and director, respectively, since January 2007. Both received a BS from Vanderbilt University. Prior to founding Study Island, Cameron served as a software engineering lead developer for Lucent Technologies, and David founded Captive Marketing Concepts, which he sold in

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Taking On Microsoft And Google From India: InstaColl Founders Sumanth Raghavendra, Kaushal Cavale, And Their Mentor Sabeer Bhatia (Part 7)

SM: VCs don’t offer what you are offering Sumanth and Kaushal. Having a bridge like the one you are providing is very helpful. SB: VCs dump companies and run away. I am now buying companies that VCs have dumped.

Vision India 2020 Book Review: Should Stir The Creative Juices Of Entrepreneurs

Here is a review by Holden Lee for Amazon: “Vision India 2020 is a richly painted collection of interwoven stories that are part business case study, part futurist fiction, and ultimately scenarios that should stir the creative juices of entrepreneurs, policy makers, and India-watchers alike. While presented as a series of vignettes drawing upon trends

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Taking On Microsoft And Google From India: InstaColl Founders Sumanth Raghavendra, Kaushal Cavale, And Their Mentor Sabeer Bhatia (Part 6)

SM: I really like to go-to-market strategy. Who developed it? SR and KC: The three of us together. SM: It seems that Sabeer’s role today is very active. Is that right? SR and KC: Absolutely. He has told us that the first phone call he makes when he wakes up and his last phone call

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Vision India 2020 Book Review: Take With You The Boldness

Shrey Goyal’s review for The God of Small Things blog is titled, “Visions India 2020: Take With You The Boldness,” and continues with: “While every book is prone to being judged by its cover, Sramana Mitra’s Vision India 2020 is not your average ‘India Shining’ coffee table read. Neither does it make empty assertions of

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