Wayne Hurlbert of Blog Talk Radio recently had a great conversation with Sramana Mitra about the role innovation plays in building a strong, vibrant economy. You can listen to the entire interview here. Also, from Hurlbert’s comprehensive review of Sramana Mitra’s Innovation: Need Of The Hour (Entrepreneur Journeys, Volume 4) for Blog Business World: “For me, the
For entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and all aspects of a startup venture, this FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable will be held on Thursday, September 9, 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 here.
By guest author Praveen Kumar Tissuepro is a fledgling business founded by Miami-based Lenny Marcovitz, who has created a rapid tissue processing machine that he will sell along with the chemicals needed to run it.
SM: So these companies had different pagers for each IT system? TM: Yes. It was even more problematic as firms globalized their IT infrastructure. None of the IT management companies focused on the person involved in IT; they focused only on the component monitoring.
First up at this week’s roundtable was Cheryl Yeoh presenting CityPockets, an online destination and an app for managing daily deals across a wide range of sites. The daily deal and group buying market has really heated up, with numerous sites offering variations on the basic value proposition. But for Cheryl, the problem is that
By guest author Tony Scott Labor Arbitrage or Value-Added Services? Tony: Let’s talk about labor arbitrage and the drive to outsource, because that’s one of the big questions around outsourcing in general. Many people have the perception that outsourcing is about only labor arbitrage. What percentage of your business do you think is labor-rate arbitrage
In case you missed it, here is the recording:
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What can investors do to be more successful? Amit: We need to devote more time to the companies we invest in. We need to give them more customer references. Early-stage companies lack a lot of things that angel investors or successful entrepreneurs can bring them. On