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…
Articles by Sramana Mitra
Thu, 9 February 2012
Thu, 2 February 2012
Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs
Today's roundtable, as usual, was an international affair, with entrepreneurs presenting from different parts of the US, India, Israel…
Tue, 31 January 2012
The Other 99% of Entrepreneurs
In my recent piece Reengineering Capitalism I highlighted a phenomenon that the global entrepreneurship ecosystem is paying very little…
Thu, 26 January 2012
Strategy Roundtable
Today's roundtable was co-hosted with the Jacksonville Startup Weekend. For the uninitiated, Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where…
Thu, 19 January 2012
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…
Fri, 13 January 2012
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…
Thu, 5 January 2012
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…
Thu, 22 December 2011
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…
Thu, 15 December 2011
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…
Thu, 8 December 2011
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…
Thu, 1 December 2011
Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 1M/1M Premium Company Freshdesk Wins Funding From Accel Partners
At today's roundtable, we announced 1M/1M Premium company Freshdesk's $1M funding from Accel Partners. Freshdesk is a social customer…
Thu, 17 November 2011
Roundtable For Entrepreneurs
I have written about this before on my Forbes column, but want to raise the question again: Are Business Schools Setting Up Entrepreneurs To…
Thu, 3 November 2011
Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right
I know that many, many entrepreneurs are feeling dejected because of investor rejections. Today, I want to share with you a story of an…
Thu, 27 October 2011
Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Check Out Stanzr
During today's roundtable, we had some excellent discussions of product marketing for a couple of different concepts. The 1M/1M Channel…
Thu, 20 October 2011
Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Nonprofits And For-profits
During today's roundtable, we had a lot of discussion around nonprofits and for-profits. Foundups: Michael Trout, from Fukui, Japan…
Thu, 13 October 2011
Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Free is Not a Business Model
At today's roundtable, we had a chance to discuss a topic that continues to bother me endlessly - the Internet's obsession with…
Thu, 6 October 2011
Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs
"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes ... the ones who see things…
Fri, 30 September 2011
Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: From Poland to Argentina
During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw…
Thu, 22 September 2011
Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Catalyze A Region's Entrepreneurship?
I have thought a lot about the issue of how to stimulate a region's entrepreneurship over the years. Today, at the roundtable, we had a…
Fri, 16 September 2011
Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Do Your Homework First
At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. In fact, I was pleased to even see an entrepreneur…
Thu, 8 September 2011
Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: A View Into Israeli Start-ups
At today's roundtable, we had a jam-packed pitch session with five Israeli start-ups. Israel Startup Network (ISN), led by Arlene Marom, one…
Fri, 2 September 2011
Strategy Roundtable: Fall Call To Action
Summer is over. Time to get back to work. At today's roundtable, I synthesized some posts from our blog to give entrepreneurs, incubators…
Thu, 25 August 2011
Strategy Roundtable: How To Use Twitter For Lead Generation
During this week's roundtable, we followed a slightly different format than our usual five entrepreneur pitches. We did only one…
Thu, 11 August 2011
Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Menlo Park and The Silicon Valley Renaissance
During this week's roundtable, we started off by discussing the pre-incubation procedure we are recommending with audience members from…
