Articles by Sramana Mitra

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are You Fundable?

Today's roundtable had a couple of interesting businesses, but before I get to them, I want to underscore that entrepreneurs MUST gauge fundability before assuming that they can build their businesses by raising money. TravelTriangle.com First, Sanchit Gurg from Noida, India, pitched TravelTriangle.com, a marketplace for travel agencies offering…

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Today's roundtable, as usual, was an international affair, with entrepreneurs presenting from different parts of the US, India, Israel, and many other geographies. Before I share what we heard from them today, I want to highlight an important aspect of 1M/1M that is repeatedly underscored in these roundtables: the international, inclusive…

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The Other 99% of Entrepreneurs

In my recent piece Reengineering Capitalism I highlighted a phenomenon that the global entrepreneurship ecosystem is paying very little attention to: Over 99% of entrepreneurs who seek funding get rejected. Yet, the entire world is focused on the 1% that is "fundable." The media, when pitched a startup story, is interested in who funded the…

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Strategy Roundtable

Today's roundtable was co-hosted with the Jacksonville Startup Weekend. For the uninitiated, Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where entrepreneurs come together to pitch ideas, form teams, and learn best practices. This past weekend, the Jacksonville entrepreneurship community hosted their own version of this exciting program. 150 people came…

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are Media Sites Fundable?

Today's roundtable brought some core issues up for debate regarding media startups that are focusing largely on Content and Community features and expecting to get funded. So, I would like to take some time to offer a broad overview on the topic and some pointers to entrepreneurs who are making the assumption that you can raise $500,000 for such…

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Today's roundtable was jointly organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT KGP) and the 1M/1M program as part of the former's Global Entrepreneurship Summit organized by the student-run e-cell. For the uninitiated, IIT KGP is considered one of the top technology schools in India, and it is located in the Eastern part of the…

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: ERP Galore

At today's roundtable, we had an unusual amount of discussion on ERP startups. Given that ERP is such a mature market, the fact that all this startup activity is going on in ERP is a bit puzzling to me. Rural ERP Surjith Singh from Chennai, India, pitched Rural ERP, a business that intends to focus on supplying rural Indian small and micro…

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

At today's roundtable, the last for 2011, we had four different countries represented and an intense set of discussions on five very interesting businesses - a fabulous event to end the year with. BootstrapToday Anand Agarwal from Pune, India, pitched BootStrapToday, an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) SaaS solution from his company…

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Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

At today's roundtable, we had a 30-minute segment on Web 3.0 and Social Dancing. We basically took the Web 3.0 framework - Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS) - and did a blue sky exercise on how to create a comprehensive user experience for social dancers. We also explored business models that not only can span advertising, subscription, and e-commerce, but…

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Three Open Opportunities For 2012

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. Social Contacts Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs. And what do entrepreneurs do? They market and they sell. Well, at the very heart of the marketing and selling problem is the concept of lead…

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are You Fundable?

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

The Other 99% of Entrepreneurs

Strategy Roundtable

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are Media Sites Fundable?

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: ERP Galore

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Three Open Opportunities For 2012