Roundtable Recap: July 31 – Does Your Idea Scale?

Today’s roundtable, as usual, had a diverse international attendance.

TelepathEye
First up, Greg Maltz from Castro Valley, California, pitched TelepathEye, a technology for controlling Glass apps with eye movements. Greg wants to license the technology to wearable glass vendors like Google and other smaller players. The opportunity needs validation and business model analysis.

Well Beyond Care
Next Jeffrey Fry from Austin, Texas, pitched Well Beyond Care, a home-based geriatric care solution that not only offers a network of care-givers and patients, but also helps manage the hiring, payroll, etc. Interesting concept. How does it scale?
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224th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 224th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, July 31, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

224th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 224th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, July 31, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Thursday, July 31 – 224th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 224th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and register to pitch or attend here. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

July 31 – 224th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 224th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and register to pitch or attend here. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

222nd Roundtable Recording On July 10, 2014

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223rd Roundtable Recording On July 17, 2014

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Roundtable Recap: July 17 – Avoid Pipe Dreams, Look for Pragmatic Solutions

Today’s roundtable had several entrepreneurs who are stuck at various points of their entrepreneurial journeys.

Zero Point Energy
First up, Mandar Tulankar from Nagpur, India, pitched Zero Point Energy, a power generation technology to charge cell phone using a shoe-charger. Mandar had presented at a live pitch session during TiECon Kerala in 2012 which I was present for as a judge. I remember being impressed by his pitch. Mandar, however, is stuck because he cannot source a specific part that he needs to move forward. I probed on where the bottleneck is, and deciphered that the suppliers are not impressed with the fact that his company is a startup. Even though he has some seed funding, he cannot convince suppliers to customize the part as needed. I advised him to try to convince one of his key customers – Reebok or L&T – to either guarantee the order, or place the order on his behalf. I don’t know if that would work, but it is worth exploring.
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