The Accelerator Conundrum is a multipart series that challenges the prevailing wisdom of the tech startup ecosystem that entrepreneurs should Blitzscale out of the gate. Written by Sramana Mitra, the Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), the world’s first global virtual accelerator, it emphatically argues that a better strategy is to Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later, focus
Sramana Mitra: The sectors that you talked about, are these sectors that you have major strategies to penetrate with onshore offerings? Rick Ferry: Yes, we do. We identified those fairly early on. We’re working with the companies that have accepted our services, thankfully, not only to bring them up here in the U.S. and do
Every day, there are more layoffs. Today’s news is dominated by Sun Microsystems. If you are facing a job crisis, I want to point you to a motivational story: How Rafat Ali Found A Job. And in general, my message to everyone facing tough times has been and continues to be: Take control of your
Against the backdrop of the financial crisis, with a bailout package that is as large as the cost of the Iraq war, economic policy emerges as the most important campaign issue for this election. The new American president will need to be extremely careful to not choke up the entrepreneurship engine with a tax policy
I love listening to Obama. After a long time, a real orator is dominating the political coverage on television, and it’s an absolute treat. But, one thing he keeps saying that I find confusing is that he will stop US jobs from going abroad. How exactly is he going to do that? What policy would
· Mentors Entrepreneurs, especially first-timers, gain much from having access to experienced executives and academic experts either as informal advisors or as members of a formal board. Entrepreneurs I have talked to have either 1) tapped into US/Silicon Valley entrepreneur networks they were previously part of, 2) leveraged their connections with previous companies, universities and
Vertical Strategy Google has adamantly maintained that a magically simple, clean User Interface is part of its key to world domination. This year, however, we have started seeing a clear trend towards verticalization of the web. In fact, my entire Web 3.0 thesis is based on verticalization, and Vertical Search, in particular, is a key
By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author Marvell (MRVL) is a Santa Clara based semiconductor company with a wide footprint ranging from storage, communications and consumer products. It was started in 1995 by Sehat Sutardja, his wife Weili Dai and his brother Pantas Sutardja. iPhone fans will know this company as the provider of its Wi-Fi capabilities.