Seed Capital From The Government: SBA’s Sean Greene (Part 1)

By Sramana Mitra and guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the twenty-first interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. Irina is talking to Sean Greene, associate administrator for investment and special advisor for innovation at the U.S. Small Business Administration. The SBA was created in 1953 as an independent agency of

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Interview Series With Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing Announced

To help bring entrepreneurs closer to thought leaders and early adopters in cloud computing, Sramana Mitra has launched a new series of in-depth interviews – Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing. You can find the announcement and more details here.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Donald Ferguson, CTO of CA Technologies (Part 1)

As enterprises across industry verticals around the globe are drawn into the obvious benefits of adopting cloud computing to begin their own cloud journeys, IT management solution providers such as CA Technologies are a unique case study. They not only deploy cloud computing–based technologies and solutions within their organization and reap huge benefits in their business processes, they also deal with issues of supporting their offerings. Before the advent of the cloud, their offerings were mostly on-premise. Now such companies are moving these offerings to the new SaaS-based model, making them cloud ready, so to speak. In addition, large companies as always are on the lookout for technology acquisitions which can augment their portfolios. This is where the startups part of ecosystem and innovation become relevant, especially with reference to cloud computing.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, Harvard Medical School (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Moving on to the topic of integration, when you put together your cloud strategy, there are a lot of different pieces that need to come together. How do you deal with integration? In terms of strategy, what do you do for integration?

From Niche E-Commerce To Web 3.0

As you know, we’re working with many e-commerce entrepreneurs in 1M/1M. We see every flavor of niche company selling everything from eco-friendly lawn mowers to plus-sized women’s clothing to luxury yarns to fountain supplies to sheet music to window blinds to . . . you fill in the blank! As I have studied these companies

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1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: Actifio

Actifio is a data management virtualization (DMV) software company that provides data protection, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions to IT organizations for virtual and physical IT environments. Its products, which Actifio just launched a couple of weeks ago, are designed to make it easier for companies to copy, store, move, and restore data.

A Real-Time, Multimedia Social Network You Might Not Know: Paltalk CEO Jason Katz (Part 3)

SM: When you first started were there any other companies competing in the social IM space? JK: There were some companies that came out focusing on voice conferencing via the Internet. LibStream, FireTalk, and HearMe were the most significant, and all were well funded. HearMe was a public company and had $270 million in public

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Larry Chaityn, Keiretsu Forum, New York Tri-State Chapters President (Part 5)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Right. So, if you would single out the most important character trait of a founder, what would it be? Larry: Previous experience in growing a company. That plus passion for what they’re doing. I mean, you’ve got to love what you do.