Blogosphere on Bootstrapping: SVB

SVB stands for Silicon Valley Blogger, who writes The Digerati Life. She has a number of posts on bootstrapping online businesses, but the one that I found really interesting is: Make Money Blogging: Top Bloggers And How Much They Earn .

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Deal Radar 2010: MaxiScale

MaxiScale, a cloud-scale file serving and storage platform provider, was founded in 2007 by Gianluca Rattazzi and Francesco Lacapra. At that time, major cloud computing and Web companies were transitioning away from standard enterprise storage platforms to commodity hardware and smart software.

Addressing America’s Healthcare Human Resource Shortage: DeVry Inc. CEO Daniel Hamburger (Part 7)

SM: Do you offer scholarships or financial assistance for your students? DH: We certainly give back. We like to say that we are doing well by doing good. We are doing well as an organization by doing good things for society and our students. That includes $16 million in scholarships last year alone; 10% of

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Blogosphere On Bootstrapping: Jeff Cornwall

I met Jeff at a conference last Spring and shared some interesting discussions. The post that he sent me is one that wholeheartedly conveys what I would often say myself to young people out there navigating this economic meltdown: Bootstrapping Lessons for College Graduates. I tell my students and recent alumni that the age of

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Deal Radar 2010: Firm58, Chicago, Illinois

Firm58 provides financial management software to capital markets firms. The company’s SaaS-based platform is designed to help clients better manage post-trade processes such as billing, profitability reporting, client commission agreements, and soft dollar programs, thus increasing revenue and operational efficiency and lowering costs.

Addressing America’s Healthcare Human Resource Shortage: DeVry Inc. CEO Daniel Hamburger (Part 6)

SM: Give me an overview of DeVry Inc. businesses from a revenue point of view. DH: Last year DeVry Inc. did $1.46B in revenue. $989M of that was DeVry University including Keller Graduate School of Management. Our medical and healthcare segment, which includes Ross, Chamberlain, Apollo College and Career Western College, reported $363 million.

Blogosphere on Bootstrapping: Taylor Davidson

We continue our journey through the blogosphere, collecting thoughts on bootstrapping. Today, I want to introduce you to Taylor Davidson who raises a very good question: Do we need a new funding model for starting businesses?

Deal Radar 2010: 99designs, Australia

99designs is a marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design. The company runs contests through which clients submit design briefs to the site along with how much they want to pay. Designers registered with 99designs submit their entries, and the client chooses which design they want and pays the winning designer. This approach has proved popular among

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