Roundtable Recap: May 30 – Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge Finals

Today’s roundtable was specifically designed to host the finals of the Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge.

B2Be
First, Balaji Abbabatulla from London pitched B2Be, a mobile ERP solution for small businesses in the UK. Balaji presented an excellent overview of the UK small business market, its various segments, etc. However, the business will need a much crisper positioning to differentiate against Sage, as well as other ERP solutions from the banks.

Speedy Split Tester
Next, Mukul Mehta from Cleveland, Ohio, pitched Speedy Split Tester, a web site A/B testing tool that is just about ready to launch. Mukul has already spent a year in the 1M/1M program, and presented a clear roadmap on where he sees the opportunity. Immediately, however, he needs to get 20 e-commerce companies to use the product and ensure that it works. There are some complex product challenges to handle.
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176th Roundtable Recording On May 30, 2013

In case you missed it, you can listen to the Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge Finals here:

176th Roundtable – Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge Finals – Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 176th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable competition is starting NOW, on Thursday, May 30, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

176th Roundtable – Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge Finals – Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 176th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable competition is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, May 30, 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, May 30 – Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge Finals

Entrepreneurs, join us as the five finalists of the Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge pitch their cloud startups to win the grand prize of $2,000 per month worth of cloud hosting for one year from Rackspace PLUS a one-year scholarship to the 1M/1M program.

Register to attend, to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat, here.

Please let any entrepreneurs in your circle know, all are welcome!

May 30 – Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge Finals

Entrepreneurs, join us as the five finalists of the Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge pitch their cloud startups to win the grand prize of $2,000 per month worth of cloud hosting for one year from Rackspace PLUS a one-year scholarship to the 1M/1M program.

Register to attend, to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat, here.

Please let any entrepreneurs in your circle know, all are welcome!

Roundtable Recap: May 23 – Turning Dreams Into Cash

Today’s 175^th roundtable concluded with a wonderful comment from Dwight Harrison: “When running a business it is good to spend time with people who have converted dreams into cash.” I love the way the idea of turning dreams into cash summarizes entrepreneurship, and it perfectly summarizes our philosophy. So, I chose to start the recap with Dwight’s quote today!

Now let’s take a look at what kinds of ‘dreams to cash’ opportunities our entrepreneurs pitched today …

f1circle
First, Santosh Shukla from Hyderabad, India, pitched f1circle, which aims to be three things: an enterprise social network a la Yammer, Chatter, Jive; a marketplace a la eBay for professionals; and a classified portal a la Craigslist, also for professionals. My first and most urgent advice to Santosh is to stake a claim in the ground and decide which one is the real opportunity that he wants to go after.
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175th Roundtable Recording On May 23, 2013

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: