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Free Apps, Ad-Supported Business Models are Dangerous!

Sramana Mitra | Posted 02.29.2012

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At today's roundtable, the last for 2011, we had four different countries represented and an intense set of discussions on five very interesting busin...

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Don't Forget To Bootstrap

Brad Feld | Posted 01.09.2012

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It's easy to get lost in the soup of "X company raised $Y" and forget that it's not about fundraising, but building a business.

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Back to School

Stephen O' Regan | Posted 11.07.2011

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It's a very strange feeling to have created a concept that has naturally spread around the world but to have not succeeded in raising a basic revenue stream from it.

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How Do You Bootstrap Freemium Ventures?

Sramana Mitra | Posted 10.05.2011

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During this week's roundtable, we had Inoh Choe from San Jose, Calif. pitch DemoTunes, a freemium concept. One of the discussions that ensued was abou...

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Investors and Incubators Need to Look at Pre-Incubation

Sramana Mitra | Posted 10.02.2011

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This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup ecosystem. On...

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Twitter, LinkedIn: Why Not Affiliates?

Sramana Mitra | Posted 07.27.2011

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Finally, we had a discussion on Adam's proposal to sell 20% of his equity for $50K, which I thought was preposterous. That's like selling your prized assets for nothing in a flea market.

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The New Face of Microfinance

Nicole Skibola | Posted 07.25.2011

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With acknowledgment and talk of new microfinance savings products, financial inclusion for individuals and small businesses will hopefully become a reality for millions of Americans.

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Spotlight On The Northwest

Sramana Mitra | Posted 05.25.2011

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At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we put a special focus on entrepreneurs in the northwestern part of the United States, and we ha...

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Indian Entrepreneurs Are Maturing

Sramana Mitra | Posted 05.25.2011

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India is a rising power in the entrepreneurship firmament, and the country's entrepreneurs are making a long-awaited switch from pure outsourcing and labor arbitrage to building businesses.

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Personalization Remains an Open Problem

Sramana Mitra | Posted 05.25.2011

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I want to start today with a prayer for Steve Jobs. I just wrote a post on my blog saying, "Apple Doesn't Need Steve Jobs; Tech Industry Does." It sum...

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Top 10 Online Advertising Trends for the Decade

Sramana Mitra | Posted 05.25.2011

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We started this week's One Million by One Million roundtable with a discussion of online advertising trends, looking at them from the perspective of c...

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