Next Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs on Thursday, January 21

Sramana Mitra is offering this free online strategy roundtable to entrepreneurs looking for a discussion on positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture. Up to 1,000 people can attend, but only the first five who register to pitch will be able to present their business ideas. All attendees are able to join in on the conversations via a

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Forbes Column 2010: America’s K-12 Education Strategy

Technology is addressing the dysfunctions in education. Read more in this week’s Forbes column.

Power Of The Urban Wind: Mariah Power CEO Mike Hess (Part 2)

SM: When did you start Mariah Power? MH: It was started in August 2005. Ken Rogers and Chris Gabrys had invented a motor that was very efficient. As we looked at the markets to determine where to use the motor, it became clear that we could not compete with the Chinese motors because their cost

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January 14 Roundtable Recording

Book Recommendation: Trust Agents

Readers, I was about to send an email out to my interns, asking them to read Chris Brogan and Julien Smith’s “Trust Agents”, a very good book on social media marketing. Then I thought that may be I should instead blog and tell all of you about it. I am sure that many of you

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EE Times Op Ed: Intel In The Untethered Era

Here’s my EE Times Op Ed, Intel In The Untethered Era. Have a look.

Power Of The Urban Wind: Mariah Power CEO Mike Hess (Part 1)

Mike Hess is a serial entrepreneur, having started multiple companies since the late 1970s. He has also held senior leadership positions at Raychem and Raynet. He has a BS in mathematics and later studied design engineering at Stanford and network engineering at UC Santa Cruz. He is the CEO and a co-founder of Mariah Power,

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Another Take At Zero-Energy Buildings: Optimum Energy’s Nathan Rothman (Part 7)

SM: Is there a way your company could grow faster? Your product is ready, your channel is ramping well. Is capital an issue for growth? NR: It is the lengthy sales cycle. When we go into a building, we get in at the building operator level or the CFO level.