1M/1M Free Online Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, January 6

The next free online roundtable will be held on Thursday, January 6, 2011, starting at: 11 a.m. EST/8 a.m. PST/9:30 p.m. IST. Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more details and register here.

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: Groupon

By Sramana Mitra and Melanie Blake

Deal Radar ends 2010 with a company that has made as many headlines this year as it has dollars – Groupon. Just a few weeks after turning down a $6 billion offer from Google, Groupon plans to raise $1 billion in private funds. First reported on VC Experts and a big story on TechCrunch today, Groupon has filed to authorize the sale of $950 million Series G preferred stock – 30 million shares at $31.59 a share, and its valuation is now $4.75 million. The company has already raised about $170 million in previous rounds from NEA, Accel Partners, Battery Ventures, and Digital Sky. The New York Times DealBook says that Groupon’s revenue’s may be $1 billion, making it, says Forbes, the “fastest-growing company ever.” TechCrunch called Groupon “the future of commerce,” others characterize it as a “one-trick pony” that’s been overhyped. Numbers, superlatives, and media attention aside, there is no doubt that Groupon is popular. Consumers of varying demographics love it. But will it last? >>>

1M/1M Free Online Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, January 6

The next free online roundtable will be held on Thursday, January 6, 2011, starting at: 11 a.m. EST/8 a.m. PST/9:30 p.m. IST. Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more details and register here.

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: Careerealism

By guest author Eunice Nyandat

How often have you changed jobs? If the answer is “many times,” you’re not alone. Data gathered by the U.S. government indicates that frequent job changing is not just a 21st-century phenomenon. Even workers born at the end of the baby boom (1957 to 1964) have held an average of 11 jobs from ages 18 to 44. Today’s 1M/1M company, Careerealism, operates under the premise that “every job is temporary.” The idea for the company took root in the mid-1990s while founder J.T. O’Donnell was working for a well-known national staffing company. A senior manager from Europe explained why he believed that the American economy would shift and cause Americans to look at their careers as as series of temporary assignments. He also predicted as much as 50% of the American workforce would end up in contract roles as opposed to full-time jobs – a situation with many pros, but some serious cons, for American workers.
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Next 1M/1M Free Online Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, January 6

The next free online roundtable will be held on Thursday, January 6, 2011, starting at: 11 a.m. EST/8 a.m. PST/9:30 p.m. IST. Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more details and register here.

1M/1M Free Online Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, January 6

Entrepreneurs, the next free online roundtable will be held on Thursday, January 6, 2011, starting at: 11 a.m. EST/8 a.m. PST/9:30 p.m. IST. Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more details and register here.

December 16 Roundtable Poll Winner

Jimmy Hendricks’ Deal Current was chosen the best business of those presented at yesterday’s roundtable through a poll on our Facebook page. Congratulations! In case you missed it, you can read Sramana Mitra’s roundtable recap here or listen to the recording found here.

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: Deal Current, San Diego, California

The launch of Groupon just over two years ago sparked a remarkable, if sometimes overhyped, trend for group buying. Now, even companies such as Yahoo! want some of the action. What’s more, the group-buying model is changing and evolving as players such as Deal Current become part of the mix. Deal Current is a white-label platform for media companies to manage daily deal advertising on behalf of brands, assuming the management of deals for clients and making it easier for them to establish a social commerce presence. >>>