Bootstrapping To $19 Million: Office Ally CEO Brian O’Neill (Part 2)

SM: Did you negotiate the deal before writing the software? How did you know the insurance company would be willing to pay for your software? BO: I wrote the software first because I had a lot of doctor friends and they had told me how terrible the situation was. It took forever for them to

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Outsourcing: Peter Harrison, CEO Of GlobalLogic (Part 1)

By guest author Tony Scott Introduction and Background to GlobalLogic I recently had a conversation with Peter Harrison, the CEO of GlobalLogic.  GlobalLogic provides research and development (R&D) services for software products through their team of over 3,000 software engineers based in the U.S., India, China, Ukraine, and Argentina. Their value proposition is to work as

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Russ Fradin, The Bay Area (Part 4)

By guest author Irina Patterson Irina: Have any of the companies that you invested in exited already? Russ: Yes, first of all I was an investor in Adify, which is nice. I was investor in Playdom, a social gaming company, that Disney just acquired. I am an investor in one more thing that should exit

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Next 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For E-Commerce Entrepreneurs On September 23

For e-commerce entrepreneurs interested in discussing all aspects of a startup venture, we will be cohosting the next FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable with Volusion on Thursday, September 23, 2010, starting at: 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST.  We hope you will join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more details and register

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Thought Leaders In Sales 2.0: Dave Fitzgerald, EVP Of Sales And Marketing, Brainshark (Part 8)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Sudhindra Chada SM: You are saying that the referral selling is bringing the prospects at the top of the funnel where you are doing your thought leadership exercises? I know that sales people are using LinkedIn extensively.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: James Dunlap, President of Cycle30 (Part 4)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: In terms of business models, what changes are there with the introduction of the cloud in your environments? The contracts and licensing deals that you had with these software vendors, did they all lend themselves naturally to your move to a cloud environment? JD: I wish

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1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: FreeLunched

By guest author Praveen Kumar In a new flavor of the daily deals trend, FreeLunched works with retailers to offer promotional giveaways and allows users to post product reviews. While the original free lunch was just that – lunch, for those who bought a drink, in a custom thought to have begun in the saloons

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Bootstrapping To $19 Million: Office Ally CEO Brian O’Neill (Part 1)

Brian O’Neill founded Office Ally in 2000 after observing poor business practices in the healthcare industry. Office Ally (covered in Deal Radar early this year) is a health information network connecting patients, providers, and payers. It offers a free practice management system, a free clearinghouse, a low-cost electronic health record ($29.95/month/provider) as well as a patient

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