What Do I Need From An Incubator?

By guest author Nari Kannan

As an entrepreneur, what do I need from an incubator?

Of late, there has been a lot of discussion in this forum about incubators, what measures they use for their own success, their business models, and so forth. In this post I discuss five things that I, as an entrepreneur, need from an incubator. >>>

A Serial Entrepreneur’s Playbook: ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo (Part 7)

SM: How do you conduct sales?

SW: We primarily sell via telesales.

SM: Are you able to sell to the enterprise accounts that way as well?

SW: We do go visit them frequently. That is not a huge deal for us because we are organized by region. >>>

Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs on Thursday

Sramana Mitra’s next free online strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs will be held on this Thursday, April 8, 2010 starting at 8am PDT/11am EDT/8:30pm IST.  You can find more details and register here.  Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know!

Vision India 2020 Book Review: Atul Kapur, TiE

Atul Kapur is the President of TiE Rajasthan.  TiE is the world’s largest organization fostering entrepreneurship.  Here is his review:

“Vision India 2020 is a marvel. It is a must for anyone who has ever thought about entrepreneurship in any form and an absolute must for anyone who has not. As the President of TiE Rajasthan, I am recommending it for all members, the mentors and mentees alike. It reinforces some ideas, puts some new ideas in one’s mind and forces you to think about what you’re doing. The book is a mental stimulator beyond compare and the range of options it covers is staggering. Anyone who has read this Bible for entrepreneurs in India has no place to hide any more. I’ve spent some sleepless nights following the reading of certain chapters of this book.”

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.

A Serial Entrepreneur’s Playbook: ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo (Part 6)

SM: Essentially you are simplifying the detailed tactics of auction management and allowing companies to just focus on liquidating inventory?

SW: We do. By packaging strategies which we can deliver as packages which enterprises can pull off the shelf, we allow the market to think about strategy versus worry about the detailed tactics of each channel. >>>

Flawed Capitalism Continues in America

Sad. Really sad. The WSJ reports: “Many Wall Street chief executives took a big pay cut for 2009. But their real value may have been in deflecting attention from their troops—who enjoyed the largest collective payday on record.

Across Wall Street, leading firms paid out $140 billion in compensation and benefits, the highest number in history, based on a final tally of the pay disclosures at 38 financial-services firms. That figure, which was projected earlier by The Wall Street Journal, represented an increase from $123 billion earned by financial professionals in 2008 and $137 billion in 2007.”

I am still soliciting comments on my Speculation Tax question. Please weigh in.

Vision India 2020 Book Review: Dr. Sridhar Mitta

Dr. Sridhar Mitta is the Managing Director and Founder of NextWealth Entrepreneurs Private Limited and the Managing Director of e4e.com India.  He was the first employee at Wipro and during his tenure as Chief Technology Officer and President of Wipro’s Global R&D, it became the highest valued company in India.  Dr. Mitta is also a Trustee of TiE Global, the world’s largest organization fostering entrepreneurship.  Here is his review:

“Sramana Mitra wrote in her introductory chapter of Vision India 2020 that this book is her notebook of ideas on entrepreneurship in India. It is a futuristic retrospective that looks back on the building of a set of entrepreneurial ventures. She went on to state that the book will find directives – strategies, business models, references, comparables – that will guide those who are interested.
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Deal Radar 2010: HealthYes!

HealthYes! is a preventive medical screening company for asymptomatic life-threatening medical conditions and diseases including heart disease, stroke, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral artery disease, diabetes, liver disease, and osteoporosis. >>>