Roundtable Recap: November 11 – African Tech Entrepreneurs Emerging

I liked all of the companies that were presented at this week’s roundtable. And it was really cool to see a company from Tanzania. I LOVE the international nature of the 1M/1M initiative.

First up today was Joshua Schwadron presenting Betterfly, a startup he founded earlier this year that aims to offer an easier way to find the best individuals (not companies) providing various services. By using social media to spread the word, this free site currently lists over 10,000 service providers, ranging from hairdressers to personal trainers to piano teachers.
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Catching Up On Readings: The New 1M/1M Private Lounge

The new 1M/1M Private Lounge, with premium content, is ready! You can also read more on the background and goals of 1M/1M. Also, there is a special live roundtable from Bangalore on November 9. Click on the full article for the rest of the week’s posts. >>>

Happy Diwali

To all those who are celebrating, may your dreams light up your lives.

Roundtable Recap: November 4 – Premium Lounge Sneak Preview

At today’s roundtable I offered a sneak preview into the One Million by One Million Premium Lounge we have just unveiled to a small group of core users. To get started, I suggest you take a look at three videos messages: To Entrepreneurs, To Investors, and To The Media.

The premium lounge includes an online curriculum addressing the common topics specific to very early stage entrepreneurship, private roundtables which many of you have requested, customer, channel partners, and investor introductions, media and analyst access, and a variety of other value added services to make our entrepreneurs successful.
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Sramana Mitra In Bangalore To Hold Workshop On Lean Startups At NASSCOM Product Conclave On Tuesday, November 9

Sramana Mitra will be in Bangalore, India to conduct a free workshop on Lean Startups on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at 5:15 p.m.  You can find more details and register here.

Outsourcing 2.0: oDesk CEO Gary Swart (Part 2)

Sramana: I just hired somebody on oDesk, and the way I structured the project it paid a fixed amount for a project to transcribe 30 interviews. It is staff augmentation, because I need that flexible resource to be able to augment my staff.

Gary Swart: You can use it that way; however, the genesis of oDesk was for time-based pricing. We have added fixed-price capabilities, but the majority of our revenue remains time-based projects. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: NASSCOM Emerge 50

Over the next several weeks, I will be featuring companies chosen for the 2010 NASSCOM Emerge 50. The first two companies are iWeb Technology Solutions and Greytip; click on the full article for the posts. >>>

Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Kindra Tatarsky, Director of Operations, Golden Seeds (Part 3)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold

Irina: Do you have  membership dues for your angel members?

Kindra: Yes. It ranges from $2,000 to $3,000.

Irina: How many members do you have?

Kindra: We have about 146 members.

Irina: Who are your members, usually?

Kindra: They range from CEOs of companies of various sizes – anywhere from Fortune 1,000 companies to Fortune 100 companies – they are cashed-out entrepreneurs, they are serial entrepreneurs, they are heads of divisions within large companies and Wall Street people as well. So, they range from Wall Street financial experts to marketing experts to consumer products experts to lawyers and scientists within the life science sector. We have a real breadth of expertise within our network. >>>