Forbes Column 2010: These Companies Are Built To Enjoy

Compelling opportunities for angel investors and entrepreneurs lie with companies like these. Read more in this week’s Forbes column, These Companies Are Built To Enjoy.

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Outsourcing: Persistent Systems Interview (Part 1)

By guest author Tony Scott Company Introduction and History I recently interviewed Dr. Anand Deshpande, the founder and CEO of Persistent Systems. Persistent, based in Pune, India, has the tag line “Partners in Innovation.” Persistent believes that its outsourced software product development services allow its customers to minimize time-to-market, improve the quality of their products,

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From Zero To One Hundred Million: TheLadders.com CEO Marc Cenedella (Part 2)

SM: Were you able to have the entrepreneurial finance role you had hoped for? MC: I had some good experiences but overall, it was not what I wanted. I was there for two years and I realized that in private equity you are really just a finance guy. Private equity definitely has its function, it

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Roundtable Recap: May 27 – Is The Venture Worth Your Time?

Today quite a variety of entrepreneurs presented their business ideas.  Several times I brought up how precious our time is and we need to treat it as such.  So many people become enamored with technology and the building of the product before they ever think to validate that this is a business service or product

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May 27 Roundtable Recording

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Paul Olliver, Wider Wake Networks (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the third interview in our series on seed financing and angel investing. Today we are talking to Paul Olliver, cofounder and CEO of Wider Wake Networks, Inc. and Steve Stratz, Wider Wake spokesperson. Wider Wake is headquartered in New York City, its member network is

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1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: MyOnlineToolbox Pompano Beach, Florida

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Kumar MyOnlineToolbox.com, created by ServusXchange LLC, is both a business SaaS for home remodeling contractors and a Web 3.0 collaborative platform that connects contractors to each other and to homeowners, and gives home improvement product vendors (e.g., the Lowe’s and Home Depots of the world) a targeted way

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