October 7 Roundtable Poll Winner

Rajan Chandi’s Hireplug was chosen the best business of those presented at yesterday’s roundtable through a poll on our Facebook page. Congratulations! In case you missed it, you can read Sramana Mitra’s roundtable recap here.

Roundtable Recap: October 7 – Try To Get At Least $2M Pre-Money In Seed Round Valuation

At today’s roundtable we had some interesting companies and a lot of fund-raising discussions, and I will review them shortly. Before I do, however, I want to talk about a thumb rule that I’d like to propose to entrepreneurs about raising money. Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive. So at any point,

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Next 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs With TiE Austin On October 7

TiE Austin is co-hosting the next FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs, so TiE members from Texas will be given the first priority to pitch. The roundtable will begin at: 11 a.m. EDT/10 a.m. CDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST on Thursday, October 7, 2010.  Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more

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Before You Pitch An Investor, Pitch Here

Devon Glenn with Mediabistro’s mbStartups recently discussed 1M/1M and the roundtables with Sramana Mitra for her article, Before You Pitch An Investor, Pitch Here. You can read the entire article here.

September 30 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here.

1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs With TiE Austin On October 7

TiE Austin is co-hosting the next FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs, so TiE members from Texas will be given the first priority to pitch. The roundtable will begin at: 11 a.m. EDT/10 a.m. CDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST on Thursday, October 7, 2010.  Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more

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Roundtable Recap: September 30 – Investors Don’t Fund Broad Ideas

At today’s roundtable I had a disturbing experience. One of the entrepreneurs presented a business idea that sounded like a business-to-consumer concept, but as I peeled the onion, it turned out that the business was really a business-to-business concept. I asked why the pitch was so confusing and all over the place, to which the

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Next 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On September 30

The next FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs will take place on Thursday, September 30, 2010, starting at: 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST.  Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more details and register here.