Roundtable starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1mby1m

Today’s FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, June 23, at 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST. Click here to join.

Roundtable Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1mby1m

Today’s FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, June 23, at 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

1M/1M: Premium Member FreshDesk Wins Microsoft India Startup Challenge

Just got the news, 1M/1M Premium company FreshDesk has won the Microsoft BizSpark Startup Challenge grant in the Cloud category. It’s a $40,000 prize, and a grant. Not debt, not equity, but a grant.

Congratulations, Freshdesk! We’re very proud of you guys.

And Microsoft team, it has been a pleasure working with you.

1M/1M: Self-Assessment Tool

Folks, we have  a new self-assessment tool for you in 1M/1M. Please check this out and let us know how it is working for you. Basically, it is based on some of the most common issues the 1M/1M entrepreneurs are dealing with, and is designed to guide you through those issues in a compressed, efficient format.

June 23: 1M/1M Roundtable Discussing India’s Big Opportunity In SaaS

Join us to learn about India’s big opportunity in SaaS during the next FREE online strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs. You can read some of Sramana Mitra’s thoughts on the subject here. The roundtable begins at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST, on Thursday, June 23, 2011. Entrepreneurs are invited to attend or pitch their businesses. You can find more details here and register here. All are welcome!

June 23: 1M/1M Roundtable Discussing India’s Big Opportunity In SaaS

Join us to learn about India’s big opportunity in SaaS during the next FREE online strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs. You can read some of Sramana Mitra’s thoughts on the subject here. The roundtable begins at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST, on Thursday, June 23, 2011. Entrepreneurs are invited to attend or pitch their businesses. You can find more details here and register here. All are welcome!

June 16 Roundtable Poll Winner

Sunil Sharma’s BlueCoins was chosen the best business of those presented at yesterday’s roundtable through a poll on our 1M/1M Facebook page. Congratulations! In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here, read Sramana Mitra’s recap here, and register for upcoming roundtables here.

Roundtable Recap: June 16 – Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

During today’s roundtable, we had four Microsoft BizSpark Startup India Challenge grant finalists present. Two of them, Freshdesk and Bizosys (10Screens), are 1M/1M premium members, and we have already been working on their strategies for a few weeks.

Freshdesk
First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk, a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. Freshdesk introduces itself as a kind of Salesforce.com for customer support so to speak. Small and medium size business owners can set up online customer support platforms that combine the backend help desk system used by agents (ticketing, knowledge management) with an online customer portal (self service, forums, idea management, voting, etc) on the front end.
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