Forbes Column 2010: Calling All Angel Investors

We need to nurture entrepreneurs a lot more. Read how in this week’s Forbes column, Calling All Angel Investors.

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Pioneering SaaS In Business Process Optimization: Ariba’s Kevin Costello (Part 2)

SM: So your strategy to stabilize the business after the dot-com crash was to continue development of your software product and then conduct acquisitions to increase your core product offering? KC: Yes, and at the same time we continued to add capabilities into the technology stack to cover a broader area in the sourcing and

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Roundtable Recap: June 3 – Defining Market Segments

I am very pleased with the conversations I had with the four entrepreneurs who presented today. All are going after problems to find solutions, as opposed to presenting solutions that are looking for problems.  While not every business solves a problem per se, all do cater to a need of some sort.  Once you identify

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Pioneering SaaS In Business Process Optimization: Ariba’s Kevin Costello (Part 1)

SM: Kevin, let’s start with some historical perspective of Ariba. You joined the company after it went public, correct? KC: Ariba was a company that was one of the founding members of the dot-com explosion that occurred in the mid to late 1990s. It was focused on helping organizations optimize a business process. The process

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1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: SurgeForth

By guest author Praveen Kumar The next generation talent management suite TalentWeaver, created by SurgeForth helps companies to assess, acquire, develop, and align their workforces for improved business performance. TalentWeaver integrates competency management, competency-based learning management, a career development workbench, and predictive analytics offered to enterprises and academia on a subscription model. The solution is

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Deal Radar 2010: Bozeman Watch Co.

We were in Montana and Wyoming recently, and as we walked through downtown Bozeman, we came upon a company called Bozeman Watch Co. As we looked at their beautifully crafted watches, I started asking questions about the business. Christopher F. Wardle, CEO of Bozeman Watch Co. is a self-trained professional and has been a watch

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Outsourcing: Persistent Systems Interview (Part 5)

By guest author Tony Scott The Phases of Outsourcing:  Design For Manufacturing and Original Design Manufacturing The third phase is what we call design for manufacturing. In this phase, the people who are responsible for delivering this outsourced process say, “OK, now I know exactly how this all works together, and I can do it

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