A Real-Time, Multimedia Social Network You Might Not Know: Paltalk CEO Jason Katz (Part 5)

SM: Who do you consider your competitors based on where your business is today? JK: Skype certainly is when it comes to video conferencing. They did a great job with the PC to phone service, although we had that offering before they did. I personally think Skype did a great job recognizing that international calling

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Outsourcing: Jean Cholka, President and CEO Of Freeborders (Part 7)

By guest author Tony Scott China versus India in the Outsourcing World Tony: You have worked with Indian outsourcers and now in China. Are there any differences in what people are doing in China? Jean: There are some differences in the markets. Indian companies grew around Y2K, mostly, and the model was different. There was

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Seed Capital From The Government: SBA’s Sean Greene (Part 2)

By Sramana Mitra and guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Sean: Last year, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) put $2.5 billion dollars in the hands of small-business [owners] who [have] innovative technology companies. And just as a point of reference, last year the entire venture industry put in only $1.7 billion, in terms of

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Roundtable Recap: September 9 – Open Opportunities In Cloud Computing And Rural BPO

I have been meaning to get to discussing blue-sky opportunities at the roundtables, and this week we did some of that. During this week’s roundtable we discussed an area that deserves a serious look from entrepreneurs: rural BPO. Whether it is in the emerging markets or in the United States, it is my sincere belief

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September 9 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, here is the recording:

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Donald Ferguson, CTO of CA Technologies (Part 2)

Sramana and Don discuss Labs on Demand and other instances where CA has adopted cloud computing for its core business processes such as HR, sales, and product beta.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, Harvard Medical School (Part 6)

If I were to ask you a question, given what you know of your situation at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and industry in general, what are some of the opportunities that you would point entrepreneurs towards in the context of research done at HMS? We have had a bit of that discussion already but I would like to know more. What kind of off-the-shelf solutions you think are required such that your researchers at HMS don’t have to re-invent the wheel. Can you give me some examples of specific areas where you would like to see solutions?

Vision India 2020 Book Review: Common Sense Solutions To The Issues We All Face

Another review of Sramana Mitra’s Vision India 2020 on Amazon.com: “It is an interesting premise for the basis of a book, shorn of many of the greater issues that India faces from poverty to crime to population to education; the simple premise is what can I do to help my country not fall back to

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