June 10 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, here is the recording:

Roundtable Recap: June 10 – Efficient Targeting

Today’s roundtable was a difficult one, as I had to tell an entrepreneur not to proceed with his business that is ready to launch. Shamoon Siddiqui presented MetroFlats.com, a vacation rental marketplace he plans to launch next month.  He says that all the vacation rental sites out there including Vacationrentals.com and FlipKey are directory services,

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, June 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture, Sramana Mitra will be holding a FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable on Thursday, June 10, 2010, starting at 8am PDT/11am EDT/8:30pm IST.  You can find more details and register here.  Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know!

June 3 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, here is the recording:

Roundtable Recap: June 3 – Defining Market Segments

I am very pleased with the conversations I had with the four entrepreneurs who presented today. All are going after problems to find solutions, as opposed to presenting solutions that are looking for problems.  While not every business solves a problem per se, all do cater to a need of some sort.  Once you identify

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Next 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday

For entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture, Sramana Mitra will be holding a FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable on Thursday, June 3, 2010, starting at 8am PDT/11am EDT/8:30pm IST.  You can find more details and register here.  Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know!

1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On June 3, 2010

For entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture, Sramana Mitra will be holding a FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable on Thursday, June 3, 2010, starting at 8am PDT/11am EDT/8:30pm IST.  You can find more details and register here.  Join us and let other entrepreneurs know!

Roundtable Recap: May 27 – Is The Venture Worth Your Time?

Today quite a variety of entrepreneurs presented their business ideas.  Several times I brought up how precious our time is and we need to treat it as such.  So many people become enamored with technology and the building of the product before they ever think to validate that this is a business service or product

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