Smartphone Ecosystem (Part 10): Beyond Smartphones – High End

By guest author Nalini Kumar Muppala Retailers such as Target have recently started accepting coupons from smartphones. However, in much of the Western world one still has to make in-store electronic payments with a plastic card. Consumers in advanced mobile markets such as Japan and South Korea routinely pay using their phones.

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Food Entreprenueurs: TastyKhana

By guest author Erika Valdez Known for being a country in which home-cooked meals are highly valued, India prides itself on being a society in which food traditions stand strong. Yet fast food restaurants such as McDonald’s and Jumbo King have not only made an entry into the market but have prospered. There is also

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IPO In China: Made-In-China.com President Joseph Wong (Part 3)

SM: Tell me more about your website. Is it entirely in English? JW: We have two languages for our site, English and Chinese. The English portion of the site is targeted at the international trade market, such as importers. The Chinese side is targeted at the domestic Chinese market, which would primarily be the manufacturers

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Forbes Column 2010: Bootstrapped SaaS Gains Critical Mass

Entrepreneurs are building significant Software-as-a-Service businesses without outside capital. Read more in this week’s Forbes column, Bootstrapped SaaS Gains Critical Mass.

Smartphone Ecosystem (Part 9): Applications

By guest author Nalini Kumar Mappala Part of the success of the iPhone can be attributed to the App store. To its credit, Apple  had the foresight to see the smartphone as what it is – a computing device and not merely a piece of communication equipment – and devise a strategy to sell software

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Outsourcing: West Corporation Interview (Part 4)

By guest author Tony Scott Culture Gaps and Management Challenges Tony: Do you find a cultural gap between the agents who are working for West who are based in the Philippines or who worked for you previously in India compared to your U.S. agents? Has that impacted your ability to move into higher value services

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IPO In China: Made-In-China.com President Joseph Wong (Part 2)

SM: Was your strategy to consolidate Chinese exporters on one side and worldwide importers on the other side and then let them connect through your Web services? JW: Yes. The idea was to put suppliers and buyers on a single site so that they could meet.

Roundtable Recap: April 15 – Small Is OK; The Goal Is Profitability

This morning I worked with four new entrepreneurs, all at the early stage of validating who their customers are and building their businesses. Up first was Martin Calle and his company OraQuel. Martin worked for years on product development for companies like Procter & Gamble and Frito-Lay, but eventually wanted to create a product that

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