Business Incubator Series: Tim Lavengood, Technology Innovation Center – Evanston, Illinois (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi I am talking to Tim Lavengood, executive director of the Technology Innovation Center (TIC), which is a not-for-profit business incubator dedicated to supporting the growth of very early stage tech companies. Founded in 1986, the incubator is based in Evanston, Illinois.

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Business Incubator Series: Stephen Fleming, Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Tech – Atlanta (Part 4)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Stephen: As far as technology, we have a database that works internally. For our needs, it’s great. It’s basically a CRM [customer relationship management] system that we developed internally. All our employees get full access to it. The mentors get limited access. The entrepreneurs get even more

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Klaus-Michael Vogelberg, CTO Of Sage Group Plc, Newcastle (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Siddharth Garg Sramana Mitra: Very interesting! This gives me a lot of insight into how a major ISV that caters to millions of SME customers is thinking about cloud computing deployment and managing all the integration elements and so forth. Now, how are the Sage partners ramping up in

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Bootstrapping A Software Company From Minnesota: Vicki Raport Of Quantum Retail (Part 2)

Sramana: How did you end up leaving Wilsons and head toward retail systems software? Vicki Raport: My last role in system redesign led me down that path. I wanted to take the knowledge of enabling business change via technology and see if I could apply it to a broader audience than Wilsons.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Klaus-Michael Vogelberg, CTO Of Sage Group Plc, Newcastle (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Siddharth Garg Sramana Mitra: Now, Klaus, what is going to be the usage model for all these businesses? There are millions of SME customers, and yes, there is a distinctive move [toward cloud computing and SaaS right now]. I am hearing it from many parts of the ecosystem that

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Business Incubator Series: Stephen Fleming, Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Tech – Atlanta (Part 3)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Where do your applicants usually come from? Stephen: We do get pretty good coverage of the entrepreneurial opportunities coming out of Georgia Tech. That’s both the spin-out companies, which are based on intellectual property owned by Georgia Tech, and the startups being started by students, those

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April 6 Roundtable Poll Winner

Yong Wai Ming’s I-Gamer was chosen the best business of those presented at this week’s roundtable through a poll on our 1M/1M Facebook page. Congratulations! In case you missed it, you can read Sramana Mitra’s roundtable recap here or listen to the recording found here.

Bootstrapping A Software Company From Minnesota: Vicki Raport Of Quantum Retail (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Vicki Raport is the CEO and co-founder of Quantum Retail, a company that delivers a software platform that optimizes and automates retail processes related to localized forecasting and advanced order planning; allocation and replenishment; and assortment and range planning. Prior to co-founding Quantum Retail, Vicki held

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