For My Bengali Readers

I seldom have a chance to say something to you in Bengali. But here is something that I recorded in Bangla: a collection of readings from Tagore’s Katha O’ Kahini. Hope you enjoy it!

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Startup Success Podcast

Bob Walsh and Patrick Foley interviewed Sramana on their Startup Success podcast. Here’s the show.

Helping Moms Juggle: Juggling Mother Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of Flexjobs (Part 3)

SM: You made that transition right before the bubble. When did you actually sell JobDirect? SS: The deal closed in July of 2000. It was hard to go from such optimism; it was a very difficult time. I was dating my husband at the time. We decided that after four rounds of layoffs at the

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Helping Moms Juggle: Juggling Mother Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of Flexjobs (Part 2)

SM: I think straight out of college is a great time to do entrepreneurship. You don’t have families to support or any big liabilities. If it doesn’t work you can always go do something else! SS: Exactly. There was a freedom because we knew that if it did not work we would go back to

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Postcard From Belgium

In the tradition of my postcards from Asia last winter, this summer, I will write you a few postcards from Europe.

Helping Moms Juggle: Juggling Mother Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of Flexjobs (Part 1)

Sara is the CEO of Flexjobs. Prior to this, she was the co-founder of JobDirect, an entry-level job service for college graduates. After JobDirect, she founded Flexjobs to promote professional, legitimate telecommuting jobs. Flexjobs embodies the telecommuting philosophy, and its own staff is located throughout the country where they work from their homes. SM: To

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Deal Radar 2009: BOKU

BOKU is a global online payment company with a new mobile payment service which enables mobile phones to pay for digital goods and social experiences across the web. The company gets mobile users access to bank-grade technology, creating a viable and accessible market for consumers, publishers and carriers. Since most people today don’t have a

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Innovating In Sustainable Building Materials: Hycrete CEO David Rosenberg (Part 7)

SM: How big is the TAM in the US? DR: The concrete market is a $300 billion market. If you slice that into waterproofing and commercial construction, then that number becomes smaller.