Women of 1M/1M: MMIS, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

The world of healthcare is complicated. And as more healthcare organizations adopt cloud technologies, electronic health records and other digital mediums, the healthcare industry and, consequently,healthcare IT become more complicated, too. Physicians and other healthcare workers must ensure that they are HIPAA compliant, among other concerns. Healthcare IT is a fascinating industry that I have covered more than once on my blog, and I am naturally excited to be covering a woman entrepreneur who, like myself, is technology-focused. >>>

Small Companies Storm the Edutech Market; Teachers and Parents Needed To Accelerate Innovation

Women of 1M/1M: Insane Logic, United Kingdom

Women entrepreneurs abound in the world, but they don’t seem to get the same amount of recognition as their male counterparts. As a serial entrepreneur with a focus on technology, I’m always excited to learn about and, in this case, work with other technology focused female entrepreneurs like Zoe Peden, co-founder of Insane Logic in our One Million by One Million Premium program. Insane Logic is an education technology (EduTech) startup that provides interactive communication products for the education and health sectors. >>>

India vs. Silicon Valley: A SaaS-y War

SaaS Spreads to India and Beyond

Software as a service is a thriving and still growing industry with dozens of multimillion-dollar companies making their mark around the world. According to Gartner, global spending on the Software-as-a-Service (SAAS) market is projected to grow 17.9% in 2012 to $14.5 billion and is projected to be worth $22.1 billion by 2015. IPOs and acquisitions abound, making it an attractive market for both entrepreneurs and investors to play in. >>>

How I Built my Social Media Network with 1M/1M

By guest author and 1M/1M ambassador Javier Hernández

After almost three months collaborating with the One Million by One Million initiative, I can proudly say that reaching entrepreneurs and economic development organizations has been both exciting and promising. Not only because many of them were interested in joining our program or becoming our local partners, but because to they all together have significantly improved my personal network of contacts within the entrepreneurship ecosystem in my country (Spain) and globally.

Today I passed 1,000 new contacts, most of them entrepreneurs and/or influencers who either follow my Twitter account, are one of my LinkedIn connections or are my Facebook friends. How did I do it? Well, it wasn’t that difficult. 1M/1M came up with great resources and tips to make it happen. I will try to share with you all the steps I followed to reach such an astonishing number of new contacts.

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1M/1M: Partnership Overview

Many of you have emailed us asking for information about how to partner with 1M/1M.

As you know, our initiative One Million by One Million (1M/1M) is a global virtual incubator for entrepreneurs, headquartered in Silicon Valley. The 1M/1M initiative aims to nurture a Million entrepreneurs to reach $1 Million each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a $ 1 Trillion in global GDP and ten million jobs. The program costs $1000 a year.

Here are a few videos explaining the program in more depth:

• The Other 99% (Entrepreneurs)
• Democratizing Management Consulting
• Democratizing Entrepreneurship Education
• YCombinator vs. 1M/1M

We are working with many corporate partners, helping their eco-systems with incubation support, including Microsoft, Elance, TradeKing, A&N Media, BlueSnap, etc. [How we work with Sponsors]

Similarly, we are working with many entrepreneurship development organizations including universities like London School of Economics, Imperial College, Kings College, as well as various incubators, TiE chapters, Startup Weekend chapters, Israel Startup Network, etc. [How we work with EDOs]

Our partner events are held all over the world, virtually and/or physically. [Here are some recordings].

We would very much like to partner with you. Please reach out to Maureen Kelly to discuss further.

For further FAQs about 1M/1M, you can review these videos.

Entrepreneurship in Bengal: A Blueprint for India’s Next Stage of Development

You have heard much about Jyoti Basu’s Bengal, Mamata Banerjee’s Kolkata, and various other dysfunctional views of the erstwhile capital of British India. Today, I am going to introduce you to Abhishek Rungta’s Kolkata, Pallav Nadhani’s Kolkata, Bimal Patwari’s Bengal, Srish Agarwal’s Bengal, and Arijit Bhattacharyya’s Bengal.

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