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DECEMBER 2, 2010

The business idea was not very well fleshed out, and needs a lot of work still. Also, the business model for the business is unclear. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. You can register for the next roundtable here.

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APRIL 1, 2011

At today's session, first up, Ramkumar RS from Chennai, India, presented Mango DVM , an innovative solution to turn vendors of illegal, grey market music to legal distributors using a combination of mobile apps and media server technology. Ramkumar has made certain pricing model and delivery model assumptions that are yet to be validated.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Nir is contemplating various different business models and channel options, all the way from Freemium B-to-C to white labeling the solution for universities and colleges. I advised him to focus on the for-profit colleges and business schools in India and sell them a white label solution, hence a B-to-B business model.

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APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

And EVEN if you ARE an experienced entrepreneur, all but just a few VCs still want to see customer validation, business model validation and traction, before they will invest. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Next comes the topic of angels.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Additional work in figuring out the precise go-to-market consumer, academic institution, or enterprise - each is a different business), and consequent business model and pricing model will help enhance the company's valuation. My assessment is that this is a good company that should be able to raise money at this point.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Praful is looking to scale his business, and needs cash to open additional hubs in Bangalore, as well as elsewhere. He also wants to build optimization technology to make the delivery process - today managed largely by hand - better optimized. I detected a major flaw in Kiran's business model assumption. Discuss.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Technology Live. Americas new business model: Sharing. Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 22, 2012

Over a year and a half ago, I did a two-part blog post on the East Coast IPO malaise – one focused on Boston (Massachusetts more broadly), another focused on New York. Meanwhile, not a single New York technology IPO has taken place. If any technology hub can build a strong middle market public company ecosystem, it should be NYC.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 3, 2012

I teach design and entrepreneurship to undergraduates at Wentworth Institute of Technology and graduate students at Babson College; and I keep my head/skills in the game by taking on the occasional freelance design project. Derek and I co-founded Design Museum Boston in 2009 to educate the public about the role of design in our lives.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Please remember, free is not a business model. a healthcare IT business for managing compliance requirements for pharmaceutical and medical device companies, recording transactions that involve payments to physicians. The Free Rider Problem. Also, Michaeline Daboul, from New Hampshire, pitched MMIS Inc. , Discuss.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Alice graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. With Roominate, Alice wanted to build a toy that would encourage girls to explore science, technology and engineering. — Alice and her team made it point to not just get customer insights but to understand all aspects of their business model.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

make so little use of the affiliate business model for monetization purposes? Please use the comments below to give your thoughts and analyses on why you think Twitter is not using the affiliate business model to monetize its immense traffic. This is a greenhouse technology to grow fresh agricultural produce.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Soren Harrison, from Boston, Massachusetts, presented SolSolution , a solar electricity venture whereby his company places solar panels on the roofs of schools, generates electricity, sells it to the schools, as well as back to the grid, and takes advantage of the federal rebates, incentives, etc. SolSolution. Who funds the solar panels?

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JULY 28, 2011

In fact, on a small side note, I want to draw your attention to a series that is currently running on my blog called The Next European Renaissance in which I have discussed culinary arts as an area where I'd like to see more innovation that is enabled by technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

They make a lot of money, and nothing in Anuj's business model convinced me that these people have any interest or incentive to go around teaching, especially in rural India. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. I asked him to abandon this idea and find a better one.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

In our Business Incubator series of interviews, we have invited many leaders from the industry to come share their best practices and challenges with us. We have also facilitated open discussions on Why Do Business Incubators Fail and Incubator Business Models , which turned out to be animated, active and extremely constructive discussions.

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MAY 4, 2011

The business is very different in London, and my feedback was that investors want a repeatable business model. For that to happen, he needs to show investors how his India model scales, without introducing a random London factor in the business. Ashish wants to raise money and scale rapidly. Discuss.

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MAY 3, 2011

Nifty idea, but the business model is predicated upon selling merchandise that is curated from affiliate networks like Commission Junction. My question was around the size of the catalog that can be pulled together that will render affiliate commissions and will meet quality standards of this business. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

Irit, however, needs to think through some of the details of the business model, pricing model, and positioning. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

I left the UK joining a newly formed startup, Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as one of the founding scientists. It is the generation of these parts, devices and systems, and the diversity of products they can produce and the range of functions they perform, which is creating the enormous excitement around this technology.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

Persistent is breaking out of the mold of labor arbitrage, and looking at new and exciting business models. My friend Tony Scott did an outstanding interview with Anand Deshpande , their CEO recently in which Anand discussed his vision for where he wants to take the OPD business. Photo by nosheep. Discuss.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Alice graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. With Roominate, Alice wanted to build a toy that would encourage girls to explore science, technology and engineering. — Alice and her team made it point to not just get customer insights but to understand all aspects of their business model.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

more in Small Business. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Got an awesome software application or tech service that makes your life easier as a small business owner? Whats on your technology toolbelt? California.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

On the topic of business models, Spencer proposed building traffic and then selling the company, which I pushed back on. We spent considerable time exploring ways to verticalize the app and creating an ad-supported business model instead, which would also broaden his exit options considerably. Discuss.

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