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Roundtable Starting In 30 Minutes

Posted on Thursday, May 20th 2010

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Outsourcing: Evalueserve Interview (Part 6)

Posted on Thursday, May 20th 2010

By guest author Tony Scott Cultural Differences: Can Indians and Chinese Provide High Value-Add? Tony: So let’s talk about this as it comes to the culture of the people providing this “high-touch – technology-enabled” model. First of all, you have four different locations from which you are providing services. Do you find differences in the

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Nicola Corzine, Band of Angels Acorn Fund (Part 2)

Posted on Thursday, May 20th 2010

By guest author Irina Patterson Irina: What are your current sources of deal flow? Nicola: I should say that when the Acorn Fund was created, we recognized that a great deal of education would need to be done for our friends and partners. The reason for that is so many entrepreneurs are used to having

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Monetizing People Search: MyLife.com CEO Jeff Tinsley (Part 1)

Posted on Wednesday, May 19th 2010

Jeff Tinsley is the founder and CEO of MyLife. He created the company in 2002 under the name Reunion.com after meeting his wife at his 10-year high school reunion. The company now has a membership of more than 50 million. Prior to MyLife, Tinsley was a founder and CEO of GreatDomains.com, the world’s leading secondary

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Irina Patterson

Posted on Wednesday, May 19th 2010

Irina Patterson  was a medical doctor and tech PR executive in the past. Irina’s current passion is entrepreneurship. She is one of volunteer ambassadors for the global initiative 1M/1M that Sramana Mitra launched out of Silicon Valley to offer free online guidance to entrepreneurs working to reach their first $1 million in revenue. Irina is based in Miami, Florida, and focuses her entrepreneurship development efforts on the Southeast of

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Nicola Corzine, Band of Angels Acorn Fund (Part 1)

Posted on Wednesday, May 19th 2010

By guest author Irina Patterson I recently talked with Nicola Corzine, deal manager and partner at the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley’s oldest seed funding organization. The Band of Angels is, I should say, a passionate and dedicated group of more than 120 former and current high-tech executives who are interested in investing their time

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: ShopForBags.com

Posted on Wednesday, May 19th 2010

ShopForBags (SFB) is a women-owned apparel and handbags distributor that targets small-town salons, boutiques, and retail outlets. It also has its own private label, Katydid. The company sells handbags, messenger bags, laptop bags, belts and wallets, and apparel for women, men, and children.

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Outsourcing: Evalueserve Interview (Part 5)

Posted on Wednesday, May 19th 2010

By guest author Tony Scott The Value of Productizing Knowledge Processes Tony: You are talking about how the downturn is impacting these kinds of knowledge process outsourcing companies. Are there things that you are doing to try to move into even higher value services? How about productizing parts of your services?

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