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September 9 Roundtable Recording

Posted on Thursday, Sep 9th 2010

In case you missed it, here is the recording:

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Donald Ferguson, CTO of CA Technologies (Part 2)

Posted on Thursday, Sep 9th 2010

Sramana and Don discuss Labs on Demand and other instances where CA has adopted cloud computing for its core business processes such as HR, sales, and product beta.

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, Harvard Medical School (Part 6)

Posted on Thursday, Sep 9th 2010

If I were to ask you a question, given what you know of your situation at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and industry in general, what are some of the opportunities that you would point entrepreneurs towards in the context of research done at HMS? We have had a bit of that discussion already but I would like to know more. What kind of off-the-shelf solutions you think are required such that your researchers at HMS don’t have to re-invent the wheel. Can you give me some examples of specific areas where you would like to see solutions?

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Vision India 2020 Book Review: Common Sense Solutions To The Issues We All Face

Posted on Thursday, Sep 9th 2010

Another review of Sramana Mitra’s Vision India 2020 on Amazon.com: “It is an interesting premise for the basis of a book, shorn of many of the greater issues that India faces from poverty to crime to population to education; the simple premise is what can I do to help my country not fall back to

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1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: Off The Quad

Posted on Thursday, Sep 9th 2010

In a new twist on the hyper-local and “daily deals” trends, Off The Quad combines a daily lifestyle, events, and entertainment e-newsletter accompanied by local specials for students at several U.S. universities. It has just launched in time for the fall semester.

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A Real-Time, Multimedia Social Network You Might Not Know: Paltalk CEO Jason Katz (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Sep 9th 2010

SM: How does your revenue break down between subscription and ads? JK: About 85% of our revenue comes directly from consumers paying. The other 15% is from advertising.

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Outsourcing: Jean Cholka, President and CEO Of Freeborders (Part 6)

Posted on Wednesday, Sep 8th 2010

By guest author Tony Scott Managing across Cultures Tony: Do you see a cultural gap between your people in China compared to the U.S. and Western Europe? If so, how do you manage that? Jean: I have a fundamental belief that in the end we are all human beings, so it doesn’t matter what country

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Larry Chaityn, Keiretsu Forum, New York Tri-State Chapters President (Part 6)

Posted on Wednesday, Sep 8th 2010

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Larry: Some of other things that we have looked at are mobile technology and that weaves itself into media. So, it’s mobile media. We’ve looked at electronic coupons and location-based services. We look at what is the business problem that you are trying to solve as a

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