Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Buck The Trend, Back Yourself

From Laurel Delaney’s post titled “The Art of Bootstrapping” from her blog, Escape From Corporate America:

“Sramana Mitra showcases a dozen entrepreneurs and lessons they learned while bootstrapping their way to success in her latest book, Bootstrapping: Weapon of Mass Reconstruction. >>>

The Long Road to Edutainment: Tabula Digita CEO Ntiedo Etuk (Part 1)

Ntiedo Etuk is a graduate of Cornell University’s School of Electrical Engineering. He also holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, where he was a Beta Gamma Sigma graduate. He has managed the creation, implementation and analysis of various consumer products for Bank One and Citigroup. With Citigroup he was selected to work directly with the Chief of Staff to Citigroup’s president, Bob Willumstad. Ntiedo left Citigroup in April of 2004 to focus on Tabula Digita full time.

SM: Let’s start with your background. Where does your journey begin?

NE: I was born in Nigeria. My father is Nigerian and my mother is from the Bahamas. They met in Canada. From day one I was brought up with a sense and the expectation that I would do more for the community. >>>

Win Free E-Book Copy Of EJ2: Bootstrapping, Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction

We have two more free coupons for an e-book copy of “Entrepreneur Journeys, Volume Two: Bootstrapping: Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction”. The first two readers who write a review of “Entrepreneur Journeys: Volume One” on Amazon AND send a tweet to @sfrocks (you can tweet @sfrocks by changing your status on Twitter to “@sfrocks Amazon review link”) with a link to the review by midnight Pacific time on August 8 will get a free e-copy. In order to receive the coupon, you must check your Twitter mentions/replies.

Deal Radar 2009: Meteor Solutions

As the traditional ad market falters, social media appears poised to step up and claim part of the void left by print advertising sales. Meteor Solutions offers a software platform that allows brands to measure and increase the effectiveness of their social media marketing program. With the company’s patented software, customers can measure, manage, and monetize ‘earned media’ ? content like news, tweets, blogs, and videos that a brand creates to be shared among customers through email, blogs and social networks. The aim is to accurately measure the real impact that online word-of-mouth activity has on a company’s brand image and bottom-line sales. >>>

Venture Capital in China: David Chao of DCM (Part 7)

SM: Was there something I should have asked you but didn’t?

DC: I would like to add some thoughts on innovation. I think in certain cleantech markets, China might be ahead of the curve. There are fewer regulations in China. If Menlo Park were going to put a smart energy grid storage in place, residents would most likely vote against it. In China the government says it is going there and that’s it.

>>>

Deal Radar 2009: Grab Networks

According to a February 2009 ComScore report, millions of consumers have begun watching short video clips frequently throughout the day. Over 75 percent of the US Internet audience, or more than 145 million people, view videos online. Further, the average online viewer watches 312 minutes (5.2 hours) of video per month, that in segments of three clips per day, which is 30% more than last year. The average duration of an online video is 3.5 minutes. Today’s Deal Radar company, Grab Networks, is turning this shift in viewing habits to its advantage as it grows its on-demand video advertising business. >>>

Venture Capital in China: David Chao of DCM (Part 6)

SM: Seeing where it has been, where is innovation in China going?

DC: In the cellular space they did it right by relying on open technologies, and innovation will continue there. They did not have anything native, so they had to rely on Motorola and Nokia, as well as an OS like Symbian. >>>

Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: “If at first you don’t find funding…”

Check out Heather Clancy’s timely SmartPlanet post, “If at first you can’t find funding…fund yourself,” discussing Sramana’s latest book, “Bootstrapping: Weapon of Mass Reconstruction”. >>>