Outsourcing: Vivek Chopra of Computer Sciences Corp. (Part 3)

By guest author Tony Scott Managing in a Virtualizing World Tony: There has obviously been an increase in labor costs over the past few years in India and in other world sourcing locations. But labor costs seemed to have risen faster in India particularly, at least for the IT outsourcing side and also for business

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Roundtable Recap: July 29 – Startups In Malaysia

This week’s roundtable was organized in collaboration with our partner MAD Incubator, a technology incubator in Malaysia that is dedicated to giving technopreneurs a chance to succeed and make a difference. First up was Max Teoh presenting GetToDo, a real-time, vicinity-based sales and promotions solution for the Malaysian lifestyle market. It enables retailers and brands

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July 29 Roundtable Recording

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Can You Do It All? Eventbrite Cofounder And Mother Julia Hartz (Part 8)

SM: Why did you approach so many firms? JH: We wanted the Eventbrite story out there. Honestly, it is a bit of a game. At that time VCs were just getting back to putting their money to work, and by our setting the dates we made sure that things did not drag for us, and

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Outsourcing: Vivek Chopra of Computer Sciences Corp. (Part 2)

By guest author Tony Scott CSC’s Entry into Commercial Outsourcing Tony: CSC wasn’t really deep in the commercial space at that time, were they? Vivek: That’s right. My first question to CSC when they approached me was: “Why CSC?” I was settled at IBM, and I had no desire to leave there. But the more

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Shaloo Shalini

Change is the essence of existence. Change can’t be any more evident than in the constantly evolving world of technology. From her engineering graduate school days at Delhi Institute of Technology, India, Shaloo Shalini has been chasing and realizing dreams to harness cutting-edge technology to solve real-life problems in the form of enterprise software products.

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jeff Clavier, Founder And Managing Partner, SoftTech VC (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the fourteenth interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Palo Alto-based Jeff Clavier, founder and managing partner of SoftTech VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing a $15 million seed fund, SoftTech VC II. Irina: Hi, Jeff. Could you tell

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