By guest author Tony Scott I recently talked with Alok Aggarwal, the chairman and cofounder of Evalueserve, a pioneer in providing knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) services, a term the company coined in 2003. Evalueserve is at the opposite end of the spectrum from typical call center outsourcing companies because its focus is providing customized research
SM: Dave and Cam, when you initially started to sell, did you focus on a particular grade level or subject area? DM: We started with grades 4, 6, 9, and 12. The subjects we focused on were math, reading, science, and social studies. Those grade levels and subject areas were chosen because of Ohio standards
Sramana Mitra’s next free online 1M/1M strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs will be held next Thursday, May 20, 2010, starting at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details and register here. Please join us and let other entrepreneurs know!
SM: What happened during the year and a half you were building the product? I assume you were able to put it online. What kind of customers were coming to you? DM: We got a few people to register for a free service, and those users input their study material. We quickly realized over the
In case you missed it, Donna Fenn with BNET interviewed Sramana Mitra for her article, How to Build a Million Dollar Business. You can find the article here.
David Muzzo and Cameron Chalmers cofounded Study Island in May 2000 and have been vice president and director, respectively, since January 2007. Both received a BS from Vanderbilt University. Prior to founding Study Island, Cameron served as a software engineering lead developer for Lucent Technologies, and David founded Captive Marketing Concepts, which he sold in
Suppose you could recycle your TV for the price of a few cups of coffee, and know that it was done safely? This is the mission of American Retroworks Inc., an international recycling company for used electronics equipment – TVs, computers, printers, cathode ray tubes, mercury fluorescent lamps, and so forth – from business and
SM: VCs don’t offer what you are offering Sumanth and Kaushal. Having a bridge like the one you are providing is very helpful. SB: VCs dump companies and run away. I am now buying companies that VCs have dumped.