A Serial Entrepreneur’s Playbook: ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo (Part 1)

Scot Wingo is the president, CEO, and co-founder of ChannelAdvisor. Prior to launching ChannelAdvisor, was a co-founder of AuctionRover.com, which was acquired by GoTo.com and became GoTo Auctions. Prior to AuctionRover he was the CEO and co-founder of Stingray Software, which was acquired by RogueWave. Scot received a BS in computer science from the University of

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Deal Radar 2010: Nimbus Partners

Nimbus builds business process management (BPM) software for the iPod generation. Its main product, Nimbus Control, has evolved from a single user documentation tool to a Web-based application. Clients can use Nimbus Control to create an online operations manual which can, the company says, act as the “single source of the truth” for all employees

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Running Online Middle And High Schools: Caprice Young, CEO of KC Distance Learning (Part 7)

SM: Does the online environment change the social aspect of a course? CY: In a lot of our public school classrooms there is peer pressure towards mediocrity. By taking classes online, students can work to their highest level. That is very beneficial for kids who would otherwise be pressured into underperforming.

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday

Sramana Mitra’s next free online strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs will be held on this Thursday, April 1, 2010, starting at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details and register here. Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know!

Deal Radar 2010: JanRain, Portland, Oregon

JanRain helps organizations to succeed on the authenticated Web with its user management platform. A key component of the platform is RPX, an enterprise-class solution that enables a website to expedite the registration and log-in processes with a user’s third-party account, import user profile information and address books, and make it easy to publish website

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Running Online Middle And High Schools: Caprice Young, CEO of KC Distance Learning (Part 6)

SM: Let’s talk about the final piece of your business, the curriculum licensing. CY: With Aventa we offer anything we do in our private and public offerings on an à la carte basis. We offer it with or without teachers. Our customers are school districts, charter schools, and some online schools.

Deal Radar 2010: Egnyte

Egnyte is a software-as-a-service provider that offers an integrated, on-demand solution to the three most common technology challenges facing small businesses: data storage, information sharing, and computer backup. 

Running Online Middle And High Schools: Caprice Young, CEO of KC Distance Learning (Part 5)

SM: It sounds as though your private school is catering to a very non-traditional group of students. CY: In our private school that is very true. Many of our students are extremely accelerated. We have 13-year-olds taking calculus. It is hard to get calculus in seventh to ninth grade.