Accelerating Global E-Commerce: Adyen Cofounder Peter Caparso (Part 1)

Peter Caparso is a cofounder of Adyen, a global e-commerce company which provides outsourced Internet payment services. Prior to cofounding Adyen, Peter worked at various companies ranging from Fortune 500 firms to startups before becoming a key figure at Bibit. In 2004, Bibit was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland, where Peter then headed

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Ira Weiss, Hyde Park Angels (Part 5)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How much do you usually invest in a company? Ira: I typically invest $25,000. Sometimes it’s as low as $10,000. A few times it’s been $50,000 to $100,000, but it’s usually $25,000. Our group tends to invest somewhere between $300,000 and $750,000, as a group. Irina:

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Elizabeth Marchi, Frontier Angel Fund (Part 6)

By guest author Irina Patterson Irina: How many investments do you have in your portfolio right now? Liz: We have nine. Irina: What stage of business development you usually invest in? Liz: Early. But they have to have a customer and the product. We do not do R&D. And frankly, the customer doesn’t necessarily have

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Catching Up On Readings: Investors All Over The Map

This week’s Seed Capital From Angel Investors series features angels from Chicago, Montana, and Southern California. Click on the full article to read these and the rest of this week’s posts.

Near Field Communication On The Verge Of Realizing Its Potential (Part 3)

By guest author Nalini Kumar Muppala NFC: Hardware Vendor Strategies The Nokia Factor In spite of the recent turmoil in handset vendor market, Nokia is still the dominant player. After the company announced its intention to add NFC to all its smartphones in 2011, other players have had to ramp up their NFC plans even

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Women And Entrepreneurship: My Statement

The topic of women and entrepreneurship has been getting a lot of attention of late. Vivek Wadhwa has been leading the charge from TechCrunch. Yesterday, I read an article by Penelope Trunk on TechCrunch that argues that you cannot be an entrepreneur and bear and raise children, have a successful relationship, and have a balanced

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Steven Smith, President And CEO, Gcommerce Inc. (Part 4)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: What is the response from the industry? There are a large number of players on the AAIA board; what is their response to architecture such as yours, and what is their interest in getting on board?

Building India’s Amazon: Flipkart CEO Sachin Bansal (Part 7)

Sramana: Does your customer base access Flipkart only through desktops and laptops? Sachin Bansal: We have mobile commerce, but it has very little traction.