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Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 2)

Posted on Friday, May 25th 2007

In this next segment, Raj discusses his school career. He again claims to be the recipient of good fortune and a bit of luck in terms of getting unique student jobs and positions which helped him develop his technical skills. SM: What was your experience like at UC Berkeley? RV: While I was at Cal,

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My India, After 10 Years (Part 2)

Posted on Friday, May 25th 2007

By Jorge Freyer, Guest Author India is not operating in chaos, but has a social fiber that allows it to function in what would seem chaos to us. What would be intolerable to us is accepted in India. There are social rules, especially when it comes to couples in public places, but leave to the

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It’s About Place (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, May 24th 2007

by Cal McElroy, Guest Author Our family has always been keen on board games… especially Risk and Monopoly. The early stage of these games was always calm and friendly, as we picked our playing pieces, set up the board and shuffled the cards. However, once the land or property was secured and the game advanced,

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Gap’s Turnaround Strategy

Posted on Thursday, May 24th 2007

Visualize the Banana Republic store. It has a few floors of merchandise. When you walk into this store, very little of this applies to you. You are a size 4 woman, dark haired, brown-eyed, olive-skinned. Your style is rather more professional and clean-cut, than much of the frills and laces that you look around and

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Turn Logic into Magic (3)

Posted on Thursday, May 24th 2007

By Dominique Trempont, Guest Author Brand has become so crucial in the 21st century because our purchasing choices have expanded and we do not have the time or energy to compare every product or service. Furthermore, our buying decisions have become increasingly confusing: everybody copies everybody, everybody claims superiority and best value. Increasingly we base

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Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, May 24th 2007

Raj Vaswani is currently the Chief Technology Officer with Silver Spring Networks. Equally as important and interesting for my audience is that he also has completed an Entrepreneur-in-Residence program with Foundation Capital. While I did discuss his overall background, as well as his role in founding Silver Spring Networks, Raj also provided some good insights

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My India, After 10 Years (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, May 24th 2007

By Jorge Freyer, Guest Author [SM: I received the following email from Jorge Freyer: “I am a partner with Hultquist Capital, an investment banking firm focused on high tech. I have been going to India since 1974. My wife (for 30 years) is Indian. I was born in Argentina. I just came back from India

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iPhone and the Future of AT&T

Posted on Wednesday, May 23rd 2007

In my recent iPhone series, I touched a lot of nerves when I said that Apple might drive the industry towards a global standard, and that standard might be GSM. USA Today reports: “AT&T has exclusive U.S. distribution rights for five years — an eternity in the go-go cellphone world. And Apple is barred for

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