Smartphone Ecosystem (Part 4): Devices, Part 2

By guest author Nalini Kumar Muppala Smartphones and an increasing number of feature phones have a variety of connectivity options. Bluetooth, WLAN, GPS, and FM all were discrete parts not so long ago. Advances in radio integration have lead to a variety of combinations of the connectivity radios. In some cases they are combined with

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Outsourcing: West Corporation Interview (Part 3)

By guest author Tony Scott New Offshore Centers For BPO? Tony: Are you looking at the virtual model outside of the United States as well, or do you do pure brick-and-mortar offshore? Matt: We have discussed it, but we haven’t pursued it at this point.

College Bootstrapping Buddies: Grasshopper Cofounders Siamak Taghaddos And David Hauser (Part 4)

SM: After the first year, what were some of your major milestones and challenges? ST: The primary challenge that we have had from day one is scaling the company without external financing. We continue to reinvest the money and make smart bootstrapping decisions.

1M/1M: Entrepreneur Grant Harris On CNN

I was just watching CNN, and to my absolute delight, saw Grant Harris, who presented at our 1M/1M roundtable recently. Grant’s company is Image Granted, LLC. Congratulations, Grant! And here is more on Grant and his venture.

Vision India 2020 Book Review: Manoj Saxena

Manoj Saxena is vice president and global solutions leader at IBM, and was CEO and founder of Webify Solutions (acquired by IBM in 2006). Here is his review: “Brilliant analysis and a must read. Sramana’s book Vision India 2020 is a book about potential, possibilities and solutions. She provides a comprehensive picture of the potential and

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Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Bootstrapping Is Good!

Here is T. Farabee’s review of Sramana Mitra’s Bootstrapping book for Amazon: “Bootstrapping is good!  Mitra showcases a dozen entrepreneurs and their lessons from the bootstrapping trenches.  Some of the quotes from these interviews are below: Ramu Yalamanchi, Hi5: – No matter how many businesses you start, it just takes one successful business to make

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Outsourcing: West Corporation Interview (Part 2)

By guest author Tony Scott The Home Agent Advantage Tony: You mentioned that you believe you are able to provide a total cost of service at a lower rate using the home agent model versus the brick-and-mortar model?Compared to domestic brick-and-mortar call centers, what percentage differential do you typically find?