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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May 27 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed this session, here is the recording:

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

Sramana Mitra’s next free online 1M/1M strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs will be held this Thursday, May 27, 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!

Roundtable Recap: May 20 – Validation, Validation, Validation

This morning the roundtable ran very smoothly.  The five entrepreneurs who presented are all in various stages of validating who their best customers are.  The best conversations during these roundtables usually stem from the businesses that have already been validated to some degree, simply because I am often not the target customer for a product.

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

Sramana Mitra’s next free online 1M/1M strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs will be held this Thursday, May 20, 2010, starting at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST.  You can find more details and register here. We hope you will  join us and let other entrepreneurs know!