Search results

During today’s roundtable, we held the second finals for the BlueSnap-Elance contest. Family Rx Tracker First, Stephanie Mountain from Leawood, Kansas, pitched Family Rx Tracker, an online service and mobile app for reminding caregivers about the administering times of elderly family members'...

During today’s roundtable, we had the first of two finals for the BlueSnap-Elance contest that has been running for the past month or so. Winners will be receiving 1M/1M Scholarships for one year. TravelGenie First, Swarna Ellison from New Jersey pitched TravelGenie, a deal site for business...

Last night, at a packed event in London’s TechHub, A&N Media awarded five yearlong 1M/1M scholarships. The judges for the contest were Kevin Beatty, CEO of A&N Media, Dominique Trempont, Board Member of DMGT (parent company of A&N Media), Bill Raduchel, Strategic Advisor to DMGT, Alberto Torres...

Today’s roundtable started with a reminder of a set of contests on which we are collaborating with corporate partners. A&N Media is offering a series of 1M/1M scholarships to entrepreneurs in Britain to stimulate entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom. With a reach into 130 million consumers...

Today’s roundtable marked our 125th Free session. We’ve come a long, long way, offering these free consulting sessions consistently for some years now. Through the last couple of weeks, you have learned about some wonderful opportunities that our corporate partners, A&N Media, ELance, and...

Today’s roundtable was a women-only affair, with WITI (Women In Technology International) San Diego entrepreneurs leading the way. But before we dive into the pitches, let me point you to the opportunity with BlueSnap and Elance, which are awarding 12 1M/1M scholarships to digital commerce and...

During today’s roundtable we worked mostly with those entrepreneurs who had signed up to pitch at our Bangalore roundtables last week, but did not get a slot. GoEasy First, Sathish G. from Chennai, India, pitched GoEasy, a mobile yellow pages app that he has started validating. Essentially, as...

Scholarships During today’s roundtable, we partnered with Microsoft Israel and the Israel Startup Network, to work with 10 companies. Below is a recap of the pitches, followed by the announcement of the winners of the three scholarships. As I worked with the entrepreneurs today, a couple of...

During today’s roundtable, we announced that Microsoft Israel will be offering 1M/1M scholarships to Israeli entrepreneurs. On Monday, March 12, at 5:30 p.m. IST, Microsoft Israel and Israel Startup Network will be co-hosting a 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs at Microsoft in Raanana, Israel...

As we were chit-chatting with the audience before kicking off today’s roundtable, an angel investor, Can Atacik, from Istanbul introduced himself. It was timely, because Turkey has been on my mind for a while, and I am very interested in learning more about what’s happening in Turkey in terms of...