Window Into Web 3.0: Blinds.com CEO Jay Steinfeld (Part 4)

SM: If 42% of your business is referrals, what percentage is driven by search strategies?

JS: I am not sure how you want to consider it, but we have a lot of direct-type in traffic due to the name, blinds.com. >>>

CIO Priorities: MindTree

By Guest Author Narayanan Raman

In my two previous articles, I spoke with executives at two leading tech-consulting houses, Accenture and Deloitte Consulting. In this article, I speak with Sudhir Kumar Reddy, CIO of MindTree Consulting, a global IT solutions company headquartered in India, specializing in IT services, product engineering, infrastructure management and technical support (IMTS), and independent testing and knowledge services. The recession, which has hit the United States particularly hard, had huge ramifications on the IT services industry in India because about 60% of the industry’s revenues still come from the United States. >>>

Window Into Web 3.0: Blinds.com CEO Jay Steinfeld (Part 3)

SM: How much revenue did you do in 1996?

JS: I started it in the last week of June 1996. I probably did $500 a week. That is rough, but I am sure I did not do more than that. I was hoping for a sale a day back then. >>>

Forbes Column 2009: Capitalism’s Fundamental Flaw

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

William J. H. Boetcker (often misattributed to Abraham Lincoln)

The system isn’t rewarding the right people: innovators and creators. Read more in this week’s column, Capitalism’s Fundamental Flaw.

Cisco, Juniper, and Acquisitions

Yesterday, Cisco announced a strong quarter, and rival Juniper also reported a strong quarter recently, signaling early stages of recovery in the industry. While last month Cisco announced plans to acquire four companies, including Tandberg and Starent, Juniper says that it will focus on organic growth. Let’s take a closer look. >>>

Window Into Web 3.0: Blinds.com CEO Jay Steinfeld (Part 2)

SM: What did you do after Meineke?

JS: The company was sold, and I got fired. They pushed me out of the company and forced me to deal with what I wanted to do. Right before I was fired we were looking at other businesses to franchise. >>>

November 5 Roundtable Recording

If you have missed the roundtable, here’s the recording:

And here’s the chat transcript.

The next roundtable is Nov 12. Pls register here. Remember, to pitch, you have to send in your slides ahead of time. And if you have registered to pitch, only then will you receive the rest of the pitching instructions.

Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Forget Venture Capital, Raise Mental Capital

On his Dorm Room Biz blog, Chris Pund uses his video review of Bootstrapping: Weapons of Mass Reconstruction as a springboard for an important discussion on mental capital vs. venture capital.  You can find his article here.

Sramana Mitra’s Bootstrapping: Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction, Entrepreneur Journeys, and Positioning books are all available from Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle, and from Smashwords.com in all e-book formats.