Deal Radar 2008: ShiftWise

Our coverage of health care IT continues with Oregon-based ShiftWise, an SaaS health care solutions company. Founded in 2003, the company was formed when co-founder Jason Lander recognized the tremendous inefficiencies that existed in the then-manual process of managing temporary nurses. He created an automated process that helped hospitals and other health care providers find and

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From Dyslexia to SugarCRM: John Roberts (Part 5)

SM: Can you take us through the process of building your sales team? JR: People started calling from all over the world, so we built four different sales channels: an ecommerce engine, an inside sales team, a channel sales team and enterprise sales team.

Deal Radar 2008: Saki Seat

Along with posts on education and health care, Deal Radar will also be featuring entrepreneurs who have managed to turn adversity into opportunity. Today’s post looks at the story of Glen Malmskog, an electronics engineer by training who had been laid off from his job in the tech industry and switched to becoming an entrepreneur.

From Dyslexia to SugarCRM: John Roberts (Part 4)

SM: Who is your customer base? Do you mainly have small businesses? JR: This is a very interesting area to explore. In open source there is very little control over who your customers are. As a result, we have everything from big banks to the Men’s Warehouse.

Designs of the Week: Social Entrepreneurship

By guest authors Charles W. Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation, a brand, design and business consultancy Social entrepreneurship is a topic that is close to our hearts because we believe that this is an area where effective interaction between design, business and technology is most needed. As many people are mindful of their

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From Dyslexia to SugarCRM: John Roberts (Part 3)

SM: The situation you described is not a pretty one. Why did you do it? Did you have any idea how you were going to make money? JR: We just believed. It was pretty early on. We did not know how we would make money. We hoped to be able to create a commercial version,

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Postcard From Bali

We’re in Ubud, a village in Bali, Indonesia, staying in a small boutique hotel amidst rice paddy fields, and surrounded by lotuses, coconut trees, banana trees and beautiful tropical scenery. A great backdrop to access the zone beyond mind that Eckart Tolle talks about.

Design That Moves Business: The Motorola RAZR Effect (Part 3)

By guest authors Charles W. Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation, a brand, design and business consultancy What happened after the RAZR? The RAZR has sold over 50 million units to date and was named #12 of the “50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years” by PC World magazine. It pushed Motorola’s stock

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