Kirk Laughlin

Kirk Laughlin is a writer, moderator, video correspondent, and subject expert in information technology and also founder and editorial director of Nearshore Americas, the leading online news magazine dedicated to cross-border trade, outsourcing, and investment in Latin America. He has served in a variety of strategic roles during his 18-year career in journalism and media

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Amit Grover, Member, Mumbai Angels (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the nineteenth interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Amit Grover, member of the Mumbai Angels and the founder of Nurture Talent Academy, a training institute for entrepreneurs in India. Irina: Hi, Amit. Let’s start with your telling us a little

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark White, CTO Of Deloitte (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Saurabh Mallik SM: I have two questions on this topic. From the vendor point of view, the world we see a lot, in Silicon Valley particularly, is that there are hundreds of software as a service vendors who are trying to sell into the cloud customer base that you cater

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Get To Know Salman Khan

Salman Khan is doing an awesome job building up an open source online education system for the world. He’s a one-man show, and Salman, a former hedge fund manager with an MIT degree, has quit his hedge fund career to do his nonprofit Khan Academy full-time. Here’s Bill Gates introducing Salman Khan:

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Michael Aginsky, CTO Of Gibbons P.C. (Part 6)

One of the areas that is usually impacted by cloud adoption in an organization is their IT staff. It necessarily does not lead to headcount reduction but over the years, cloud computing significantly reduces need for additional IT staff as seen at Gibbons P.C. law firm where they did not require additional IT staff over a 5 year period during with their business and number of attorneys grew significantly. SaaS is the primary mode of cloud adoption in law firms. They may be aware of advantages of adopting a private cloud to address their data security concerns but would still like to wait and watch before adopting IaaS or private cloud options.

Child Entrepreneur Caleb Sima: Cofounder Of SPI Dynamics (Part 6)

SM: How did you approach the financing phase of your business? Was there an angel community in Atlanta that you were able to plug into? CS: Atlanta is not known for its angel investment scene. We knew a gentleman who had sold his company in the 1990s and made a lot of money. He believed

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Outsourcing: Raju Reddy, Chairman And CEO Of Sierra Atlantic (Part 9)

By guest author Tony Scott The Value of a Global Business Mindset Raju: You know, that’s the exciting thing about America isn’t it? It’s one of the few countries in the world I can think of that has these sorts of umbilical cord connections. I mean, Bangalore is probably more connected to Silicon Valley than

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective (Part 7)

By guest author Irina Patterson Eric: It is amazing how much investors can damage a company. And I think the first thing an investor needs to do is not damage a company. Investors to be really careful to help the management team stay focused, be responsive and helpful, but not be demanding in ways that

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