Indian Startups Hitting $1 Million Revenue Milestone

Readers, I would like to hear from you if you are an Indian startup and have hit the $1 million milestone. Please email Shailesh Otari [shaileshotari.mba AT gmail.com] with your information. Shailesh is working with me with a specific focus on Indian startups.

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Food Entrepreneurs: Michael Moran’s CurrySimple

By Guest Author Erika Valdez CurrySimple was founded by Michael Moran, who at a very early age discovered his passion for food and whose entrepreneurial spirit led him to the establishment of a successful business opportunity. While working at a Thai restaurant in Atlanta, Moran became inspired to create a product not readily available to

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Helping At-Risk High School Students with Online Solutions: Apex Learning CEO Cheryl Vedoe (Part 3)

SM: What was the status of Apex when you joined seven years ago? CV: Apex was founded in 1997. I joined in the fall of 2002. The company at the time was primarily an online Advanced Placement company. They had developed a set of online Advanced Placement courses that were delivered with the assistance of

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Black Friday Appeal

With gift shopping on everybody’s mind, I’d like to ask my readers to each stop for a moment and think about who you know who has lost his or her job in this recession, and whether or not you can inspire them to stand up and start something of their own. Not something grandiose with

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Food Entrepreneurs: Tools For Food With SpitJack

By Guest Author Erika Valdez Today’s food entrepreneur story showcases Bruce Frankel, a former restaurant owner and chef, who now owns SpitJack, an online retailer that specializes in selling cooking tools for men. SpitJack sells a variety of products that range from indoor grills to fireplace rotisserie sets with a unique twist—preparing your dinner in

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CRM And RNOW Hook Onto Social Networking

According to Gartner, worldwide CRM market revenue was up 12.5% to $9.15 billion in 2008, and Salesforce.com continues to rise rapidly with a 10.6% share. The company recently announced its social networking product Chatter, which was inspired by Facebook and Twitter. While Chatter has been developed in-house, rival SaaS customer relationship management (CRM) vendor RightNow is

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Helping At-Risk High School Students with Online Solutions: Apex Learning CEO Cheryl Vedoe (Part 2)

SM: Have you remained in the education space since your introduction to it at Apple? CV: I have, with one exception.

Food Entrepreneurs: Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva

By Guest Author Erika Valdez Happy Thanksgiving to all readers! We continue our celebration of the season with the second interview in the food entrepreneurs series. Today’s entrepreneur is Angela Shelf Medearis, who is not only an award-wining author of four best-selling cookbooks (as well as over 80 children’s books), but also the host and

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