Shervin Pishevar’s Dream: Social Gaming Network (Part 2)

SM: How did the circumstances of your upbringing transfer into your professional life? SP: That forged in our minds the sacrifices our parents were making for us. The least we could do for them was study. I wanted very badly to make them proud.

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EJ2 Ready For Kindle Readers

In preparation of the launch of Entrepreneur Journeys (Volume Two): Bootstrapping Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction on June 1, EJ2 is now available on Kindle.

Shervin Pishevar’s Dream: Social Gaming Network (Part 1)

SM: Let’s start at the beginning of your story. Where are you from? SP: I was born in Iran, and my parents immigrated to America the first time in 1976. My father came here for his master’s degree. We went back to Iran in 1978, right before the revolution.

Next Roundtable Tomorrow at 8am PST

Look forward to seeing you at tomorrow morning’s roundtable, 8am PST. TiE Delhi is co-hosting this with us. You can register here.

Deal Radar 2009: concrete5

Long gone are the days of Web 1.0, when Internet content was generated by a relative few and website design was the exclusive domain of professionals. And as more people generate richer content, entrepreneurs are recognizing the need for better systems to manage it. Our latest Deal Radar company is concrete5, an open source content management

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Terry Cunningham’s Adventures: Crystal and Coral8 (Part 7)

SM: Which markets are you selling to? TC: We sell into ticks, clicks, and blips. Ticks are Wall Street, clicks are e-commerce, and blips are sensor networks like RFID. Ticks are a no-brainer and we have a lot of big customers. Clicks are customer interaction management and next generation CRMs.

Meet Four Great Bootstrappers Thursday Evening In Palo Alto

As we prepare for the launch on Entrepreneur Journeys (Volume Two): Bootstrapping Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction on June 1, I am moderating a panel this Thursday for the MIT Club of Northern California called The Art and Science of Bootstrapping. Panelists include Sridhar Vembu, Michelle Munson, Beatrice Tarka, and Paul Kocher. Please come, and introduce

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Deal Radar 2009: Outspark

Deal Radar returns to social gaming with Outspark, a casual games publisher that has developed a virtual playground where online gaming and portals merge to create a new market called 3P, in which a company must be a games Publisher, operate a Portal and own and operate a Platform. Outspark.com is a “freemium” games portal combining

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