World Cup Diary: Tango y Fútbol

Oh well, one Latin American team bowed out, while another made it to the semifinals after decades. Brazil, upset by the Dutch, goes home crying, while Uruguay, almost knocked out by the last-minute penalty, made it through. Suarez must be thanking his stars for using the hand of God to block Ghana’s last-minute attempt, now

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Vision India 2020 Book Review: For All The Budding Entrepreneurs

Prith Banerjee is Senior Vice President of Research and Director of HP Labs, Hewlett Packard Company.  Here is his review of Vision India 2020 by Sramana Mitra: “I read Vision India 2020 last month.  The book is commendable on two fronts.  Each of the business case studies Sramana introduces in her book constitutes a real business case

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Google Enters Vertical Search With Travel

Something really major happened today. The New York Times reports: “Google has acquired ITA software, a 14-year-old company that makes software that organizes flight and pricing information, for $700 million in cash. ITA, based in Boston, specializes in organizing airline data, including flight times, seat availability and pricing.”

Winner Of The Retweet Contest Announced

The randomly selected winner of the Retweet To Win Sramana Mitra’s EJ4 Innovation Book is Prabhat Kumar. Congratulations!

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: Reftree

By guest author Praveen Kumar Reftree is a social network platform with interactive and collaborative Web solutions for enterprise customers. The company’s goal is to enable client organizations to build an interactive Web presence, including community building, which helps in connecting with all stakeholders – prospects, customers, employees, and well-wishers. Reftree provides an array of

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Rolling Up E-mail Security SaaS: Gary Steele, CEO Of Proofpoint (Part 2)

SM: How did Eric find you and convince you to join Proofpoint? GS: He had a search partner who helped him identify people, and they made the connection. It was a classic Valley network deal. We got to know each other and we liked each other. We thought we were a good fit.

Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Peter Birkeland, RAIN Fund Program Manager, RAIN Source Capital (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Would you consider yourselves regional and national at this point? Pete: I would say we’re regional now with the goal of being national. Irina: Since you have such a diverse membership, would you say that you have a specific expertise or a more general approach? Pete:

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Peter Birkeland, RAIN Fund Program Manager, RAIN Source Capital (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the tenth interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Peter Birkeland, RAIN Fund Program Manager at RAIN Source Capital, a multistate network of RAIN® funds. The network currently has more than $33 million invested in 55 companies. Its head office

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