I want to start today’s recap 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 sums up my sadness at the thought of our industry not having the privilege of Steve’s thought process. I have, most certainly, drawn tremendous inspiration […]
Onion Rs65/kg, Petrol Rs65/litre, Beer Rs65!
Very interesting perspective from an analyst from IDFC. Thought to share – these are Mumbai (Maharashtra prices) “Onion Rs65/kg, Petrol Rs65/litre, Beer Rs65!†For the first time in history, basic needs, life style needs, luxury needs are at the same price, prompting us to explore why basic needs like onions are so expensive. The visit: […]
1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Top 10 Online Advertising...
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 cost-effective customer acquisition and brand building, as well as entrepreneurial opportunities. You can find more on the topic on my blog at Top 10 Online Advertising Trends For The Decade. While […]
1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Top 10 Vertical And Socia...
On January 6, 2011 we hosted our 64th FREE One Million by One Million (1M/1M) strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs, and the first for this year.  We started this week’s roundtable with a discussion of all the resources we have brought together over the last three years to help entrepreneurs, including a comprehensive curriculum for […]
1M/1M Strategy Roundtable: Top 10 Tech Trends To Watch
We started this week’s roundtable with a discussion of the top 10 tech trends to watch for the upcoming decade. The trends include Cloud Computing, Outsourcing, Social Web, Vertical and Local Web, Smartphones and Tablets, Online Advertising, Online Video, Online Gaming, eBooks, and Bootstrapped Entrepreneurship. You can find details in the blog post on http://www.sramanamitra.com. […]
1M/1M Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?
During this week’s roundtable we had a group of entrepreneurs from the Pune Open Coffee Club gather at the offices of Persistent Systems to participate in the roundtable together. It is a very good format for entrepreneur groups around the world to get together and network around the roundtable programming which happens every week, religiously. […]
1M/1M Strategy Roundtable: Niche Marketplace Businesses Can Be Interes...
During this week’s roundtable, one of the questions that I answered was about the One Million by One Million program’s plans around supporting social enterprises. Well, 1M/1M is focused on helping businesses generate $1M in annual revenue, whatever be the nature of the business. We see a lot of businesses that can be characterized as […]
Different
I am currently reading “Different” by Youngme Moon ( HBS marketing faculty) which talks of “idea brands” among other things. This book coupled with Innovators Solution by Clayton Christensen are books that may inspire some of the people who will create billion dollar market cap companies in India from scratch. For most entrepreneurs hitting a […]
Deloitte Fast 50 India 2010
Congratulations to all the winners! (go to page 6) Deloitte winners report technology_fast_50_2010
1M/1M Strategy Roundtable: Not Coming To The Rescue Of Victory
During this week’s roundtable I addressed a commonly held critique of the 1M/1M program: that we’re focusing on the basics and stating the obvious. I have seen this criticism at various places where this recap is syndicated on a weekly basis, as well as in certain random forums on the internet. Well, I have coached […]
Mobile app distribution channels – Crosspost
Interesting post on mobile app distribution channels. Beginning to see more and more mobile app businesses in India as well, Read here
1M/1M Strategy Roundtable: African Tech Entrepreneurs Emerging
I liked all of the companies that were presented at this week’s roundtable. And it was really cool to see a company from Tanzania. I LOVE the international nature of the 1M/1M initiative. First up today was Joshua Schwadron presenting Betterfly, a startup he founded earlier this year that aims to offer an easier way […]