Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Very Pertinent To The Current Economy

From Alan Parekh’s review of Innovation: Need Of The Hour (Entrepreneur Journeys, Volume 4) by Sramana Mitra for Hacked Gadgets:

“All you budding entrepreneurs who have a great business idea in your head but think that taking the first step is quite daunting need to give Entrepreneur Journeys Volume 4 a look. Sramana Mitra, who is a serial entrepreneur herself, shares her knowledge with us to help our business ideas along their way. In the book she interviews many high profile successful executives such as Eric Benhamou and Judy Estrin to extract their business wisdom.

She has developed sections of the book to be very pertinent to the current economy. For example there is a section on Shoestring Innovators since attaining a large sum of investment money might not be the easiest thing to come by right now.”

You can read his entire review here.

Innovation: Need Of The Hour by Sramana Mitra is available from Amazon.com.

Built To Enjoy: Andrew Fox’s 100% Owned $30M ClubPlanet (Part 7)

SM: You did $30 million last year. What do you expect to do next year?

AF: We believe that revenue next year, based on what we already have coming in and a new deal we have, will easily surpass $45 million. If we keep having these 30%-plus increase years, then by 2013 we are going to be a $100 million-plus revenue company. >>>

Built To Enjoy: Andrew Fox’s 100% Owned $30M ClubPlanet (Part 6)

SM: Another market that has improved a lot over the past ten years is the Latin dance market.

AF: That we have something for. We started NocheLatina two years ago, and that is exactly what it is from. It is for second- and third-generation English-speaking Hispanics. That business is robust. >>>

1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, July 22

For entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and all aspects of a startup venture, this free online 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs will be held this Thursday, July 22, 2010, starting at 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST.  We hope you will join us and let other entrepreneurs know.  You can find more details and register here.

Built To Enjoy: Andrew Fox’s 100% Owned $30M ClubPlanet (Part 5)

SM: When you look at your customer base from a consumer point of view as well as from a venue point of view, what types of events and genres of music bring in the most revenue?

AF: Electronic and house music are very popular inside the club. There has been a very large change over the past several years as people went from finding information via the old way such as newspapers and word of mouth, to using the Web to find that information. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: In Entrepreneurship Especially, Haste Makes Waste

Entrepreneurship Education: Are You Ready For Funding? pulls out some statistics to show readers why aspiring entrepreneurs should always do their homework. Click on the full article to read the rest of this week’s posts. >>>

Built To Enjoy: Andrew Fox’s 100% Owned $30M ClubPlanet (Part 4)

SM: Do you have segmentation and preferences when you choose which clubs to work with and the programming to get behind? How do you decide whom to get behind?

AF: Today we pretty much cover the gamut. We work with everything from a food and wine festival to a nightclub. We are a company that focuses on nightlife. >>>

Partner Events

The NYC Business Networking Group – July 20, 2010
EngEx 2010, San Diego, CA – July 29–31, 2010
Startup Saturday Hong Kong – August 7, 2010
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