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

The next free, online 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs will be held this Thursday, July 1, 2010, starting at 11am EDT/8am PDT/8:30pm IST.  We hope you will join us and let other entrepreneurs know.  You can find more details and register here.

Cleantech In Food: Purfresh CEO Dave Cope (Part 5)

SM: What are the deployment models of your first two products?

DC: The Purfresh Cold Storage is integrated into existing warehouses. The Purfresh Wash is used as part of the line when fruit is harvested. Today they use heavily chlorinated water. >>>

World Cup Diary: Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina

Wow, Argentina completely outclassed Mexico today, and Germany did the same with England!

The quarterfinal match coming up brings back memories of one of my favorite games ever: the 1986 Mexico World Cup final, which Argentina won 3–2. José Brown and Jorge Valdano scored in the first half to put Argentina up 2–0. West Germany then staged a fantastic comeback. Rummenigge scored in the 74th minute, and six minutes later Rudi Völler buried the equalizer. With seven minutes remaining, a pass from Maradona gave Jorge Burruchaga the winner for Argentina.

I supported Argentina, then. I support Argentina, now. Don’t cry for me, Argentina … the truth is, I never left you.

PS: They really need to get going with some video replay technology. Both games saw some rather embarrassing refereeing.

Catching Up On Readings: New Technology For A Century-Old Pursuit

This week’s post on LivingSocial, part of the Deal Radar series, covers both the featured company and the trend of social commerce and group coupons, a market that some say could be in the billions of dollars. The core idea is not new – in the United States coupons gained wide use in the first decade of the 20th century with a one-cent discount on Grape Nuts breakfast cereal – but the fusing of coupons with social media is. Read more in LivingSocial, and click on the full article to read the rest of the week’s posts. >>>

Cleantech In Food: Purfresh CEO Dave Cope (Part 4)

SM: When you joined the company, what was it selling?

DC: It was selling boxes that were ozone generating devices to places such as the Bronx Zoo, the Honolulu Aquarium, Western Digital’s cooling tower and other people. It was purely a box which was sold. >>>

World Cup Diary: New Trade Prospects

Great first day of knockout stage soccer. Both Uruguay vs. South Korea and the USA vs. Ghana have been fantastic games. For the United States, well, Donovan sums it up: “Soccer is a cruel game, sometimes!”

It’s interesting to see the round of 16 lineup: six Latin American teams (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, and Mexico), six European teams (Germany, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Portugal, and England), two from Asia (Japan and South Korea), one from Africa (Ghana) and the USA. >>>

Cleantech In Food: Purfresh CEO Dave Cope (Part 3)

SM: What did you do after BizGenics?

DC: I took four years off. I love to surf and fly fish, so I did a lot of both of those. We have a house in Montana, and I surfed all over the world. I also did some consulting. >>>

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: Altitude Fasique

By guest author Praveen Kumar

Altitude Fasique is an online designer apparel company that creates clothes exclusively for women who are over 5’9” (1.75 m). The company’s mission is to create contemporary and fashionable styles for tall women with designs that aim to make them feel confident and unique. Target clients are women seeking a clothing line that reflects their professional and personal characteristics and that is smart, stylish, and moving up. Altitude Fasique believes that tall women should not have to sacrifice fit for a stylish look. >>>