1M/1M: Entrepreneur Grant Harris On CNN

I was just watching CNN, and to my absolute delight, saw Grant Harris, who presented at our 1M/1M roundtable recently. Grant’s company is Image Granted, LLC. Congratulations, Grant!

And here is more on Grant and his venture.

Vision India 2020 Book Review: Manoj Saxena

Manoj Saxena is vice president and global solutions leader at IBM, and was CEO and founder of Webify Solutions (acquired by IBM in 2006). Here is his review:

“Brilliant analysis and a must read. Sramana’s book Vision India 2020 is a book about potential, possibilities and solutions. She provides a comprehensive picture of the potential and means that exist for driving innovation and growth in this fast growing economy. I particularly enjoyed the ideas that are wonderfully knitted together with the practical applications of new technologies and business models. Absolutely recommended for anyone remotely connected with India.”

Vision India 2020 by Sramana Mitra is available from Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle, from Flipkart in India, and from Smashwords.com in all e-book formats.

Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Bootstrapping Is Good!

Here is T. Farabee’s review of Sramana Mitra’s Bootstrapping book for Amazon:

“Bootstrapping is good!  Mitra showcases a dozen entrepreneurs and their lessons from the bootstrapping trenches.  Some of the quotes from these interviews are below:

Ramu Yalamanchi, Hi5:
– No matter how many businesses you start, it just takes one successful business to make up for all the other attempts.
– If you are going to build a service and it has a good chance of becoming very popular, make sure you address the scale needs up first. >>>

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Smartphone Ecosystem (Part 3): Devices

By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala

The next three posts in the series focus on the hardware components of smartphones.

Let’s now take a look at some of the flagship devices from major handset vendors. Getting under the hoods of these devices will give us a reasonable idea as to which handset chip providers are making inroads and of the trends in handset design. I understand that this is a simplistic view of the entire ecosystem. Taking into account the bulk of the numerous models that debut in the market each year is an exhausting endeavor best left to research houses. >>>

College Bootstrapping Buddies: Grasshopper Cofounders Siamak Taghaddos And David Hauser (Part 3)

SM: The two of you worked on the project and did creative financing deals to get started. What time was this?

ST: We got started in January 2003. At that time we set aside six months to focus on the technology and work with various vendors creatively. We did that from January to June and then launched in June. >>>

Smartphone Ecosystem (Part 2): Profitability

By guest author Nalini Kumar Muppala

So, what makes smartphone an attractive business to be in?

In short, smartphones, at least so far, have been a high-profit business. Consider Apple, RIM, and Nokia. While Apple and RIM are pure-play (as far as phones go) smartphone makers, Nokia makes phones that serve customers across the entire spectrum. All three provide services for their devices in the form of the App store, BlackBerry services, and the Ovi store respectively. >>>

Forbes Column 2010: The Promise Of E-Commerce

Main Street is no longer the place to set up a retail store. The Web is. Read more in this week’s Forbes column, The Promise Of E-Commerce.