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Bootstrapping Our Way Back From the Collapse
Sramana Mitra Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year (along with broader financial markets) the question at the top of my mind has been, “What next?” or maybe, “Where to from here?” From my...
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Reengineering Capitalism
Sramana Mitra In the fading months of 2011, we find ourselves in an uncertain world. On the one hand, America is still reeling from the 2008 financial crisis, and the nation’s faith in free-market...
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The Other 99 Percent: Entrepreneurs
Sramana Mitra In my recent piece Reengineering Capitalism I highlighted a phenomenon that the global entrepreneurship ecosystem is paying very little attention to: Over 99 percent of entrepreneurs who...
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Silicon Valley *Is* a Meritocracy
Sramana Mitra Of late, there has been talk that Silicon Valley is not a meritocracy, and that it is biased against women, black, and older entrepreneurs. I don’t believe this is true. I have lived and...
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Entrepreneurship Flowers Far Away from Silicon Valley
Sramana Mitra These days, the media are getting better at reporting on entrepreneurship outside Silicon Valley. Within Silicon Valley, however, people tend to be somewhat cocky about the region’s...
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SaaS Spreads to India and Beyond
Sramana Mitra Software as a service is a thriving and still growing industry with dozens of multi-million dollar companies making their mark around the world. According to Gartner, global spending on...
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India vs. Silicon Valley: A SaaSy War
Sramana Mitra Software as a service (SaaS) probably grew in popularity as quickly as it did thanks to Salesforce.com. The customer relationship management (CRM) giant made the lives of sales...
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Small Companies Storm the Edutech Market
Sramana Mitra Online education is now available for everyone. Parents can home school their children from the moment they start kindergarten until they graduate from high school. Online colleges and...
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Trendspotting: The Era of E-Sharing
Sramana Mitra From sharing maternity clothing to sharing car rides, this seems to be the era of sharing, and the Internet is playing the role of the grand facilitator. A few people have already...
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Trendspotting: The Variegated Social Web
Sramana Mitra The social Web is gradually taking over the Internet. From search to shopping, everything is getting social these days. Time for an overview of what we see in the 1M/1M portfolio from...
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TrendSpotting: eFood, iEat
Sramana Mitra The food industry may seem like the last bastion of brick and mortar companies, relying solely on human efforts. Think again. A new crop of entrepreneurs are taking our love of food out...
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A Wake-Up Call for Angel Investors
Sramana Mitra [Editor's note: To tap the wisdom of our distinguished group of Xconomists, we asked a few of them to answer this question heading into 2013: What does your gut tell you will happen in...
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Women ARE Running Startups
Sramana Mitra There has been tremendous sensationalizing of the women and entrepreneurship issue. Self-proclaimed (male) pundits pontificate on how women entrepreneurs face tremendous obstacles, huge...
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The Million Dollar Club
Sramana Mitra I had two conversations last week, each of which reinforces a simple phenomenon that I have constantly emphasized over the last five years in my writings. On Wednesday, I had lunch with...
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The Series A Crunch: Don’t Get Discouraged
Sramana Mitra Much is being said on a daily basis about the “Series A crunch.” Supposedly, there aren’t enough venture investors to support all the startups winning seed funding these days. I will...
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Innovations in Financial Technology: Wisdom of the Crowd
Sramana Mitra It is of particular interest to me when an established industry begins to innovate and move in new directions. Financial technology has been an active area of innovation all along, but...
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Crowdsourced Workforces Rising
Sramana Mitra Crowdsourcing is a growing trend in the tech startup industry, and one that has the potential to address pressing needs in various markets. In particular, crowdsourcing of workforces is...
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Healthcare IT: Making Good Progress
Sramana Mitra The cost of healthcare administration is a hot issue in America. According to the Center for American progress, in the U.S. healthcare system an estimated $361 billion annually goes to...
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Bootstrapping With A Paycheck
Sramana Mitra Entrepreneurs looking to launch their startups are often faced with myriad difficult decisions, chief among them being the question of seed financing. If you’ve ever found yourself...
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Bootstrapping Products with Services
Sramana Mitra Because it’s often so difficult for entrepreneurs to obtain seed funding for their startups, bootstrapping is one of the best methods to self-fund their projects. And offering a service...
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