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entrepreneurship
1M/1M: Receivables Financing
My Forbes column today is Financial Instruments To End The Recession. It addresses two key issues that we have been discussing recently: working capital financing and receivables financing. In this discussion, I invite comments from the receivables financing world on how you see the risks and returns of receivables financing. What checks and balances do/should
Vision India 2020 Book Review: A Truly Inspirational Book
Here is Ramprasad Subburaman’s review for Amazon: “Vision India 2020 is yet another book that every entrepreneur should have at their desk, especially those who are focusing on the Indian Market. All of Sramana Mitra’s ideas in this book about the future of India have been well thought through (Opportunities and Challenges). Anyone who understands
Vision India 2020 Internships
As I have said in my introduction to Vision India 2020, the 45 billion dollar ideas that I have presented in the book need to be further researched, and then implemented by the next generation of entrepreneurs. To further facilitate the process of dialog, discussion, research and team building, I have designed an internship for
Vision India 2020 Book Review: Entirely Appropriate To The World’s Largest Democracy
Here is William Carter’s terrific review of Sramana Mitra’s Vision India 2020 for Amazon.com: “Although I am not a business specialist, I do have a permanent passion for India and a lively interest in the globalizing economy. Ms. Mitra’s book is unique in combining her impressive background, her pointedly focused yet wide perspective, and her
Entrepreneurship Education: Idea Validation
Every Thursday morning, I coach five entrepreneurs with many more listening to the sessions. And like a parrot, I keep asking these entrepreneurs to validate their ideas. I give them a framework with which to do so. I give it to them ahead of time hoping they would use it and come prepared. And yet
1M/1M: Internships
As I have written in column after column, there is a very serious crisis brewing for our youth. This recession has made it very difficult for young people — students and recent graduates — to find jobs and internships. Last summer, I received about 100 internship applications, and took on about 25 as unpaid interns.
Entrepreneurship Education: Incubator Business Models
You have read my last Forbes Column, An Underused Tool For Job Recovery. With unemployment soaring, I discussed how incubators can help people move into self-employment–and create jobs. We’ve also discussed the topic of why incubators fail at length here. One of the issues that came up in the incubator discussion as a cause for
1M/1M: Ambassadors Finalized
I wanted to give you a quick update on 1M/1M. We had an unexpectedly large number of people who applied to become 1M/1M ambassadors. Over the past six weeks, we have worked together, ironed out what we’re going to do with the program, and figured out who is going to do what.
