Making Millions Out Of Artificial Intelligence: Brighterion CEO Akli Adjaoute (Part 5)

Sramana: Are you selling to financial companies only? Akli Adjaoute: No. We are working with Saffron Group, which owns a lot of European and U.S. companies. They are the top company for airport fingerprint technology. They are interested in doing the same type of real-time fraud prevention that we do with Mastercard. We are doing

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Business Incubator Series: Jerry Creighton, Enterprise Development Center, New Jersey Institute of Technology – Newark (Part 5)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Jerry: One of the areas that works well for us is I have very strong networking here. One of the reasons I have those networking sessions is so that people come in, and they actually sit down and talk to each other. Because of that, they might

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Business Incubator Series: Tim Lavengood, Technology Innovation Center – Evanston, Illinois (Part 10)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Irina: Are there any financial firms that specialize in software escrow? Tim: Very few. It’s a good business to get into. It is emerging, because software code is an asset. It is a transferable asset, unlike making something in a factory. If this code has proven commercial

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark Egan, CIO Of VMware (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: As you said, VMware is a company that is growing through acquisitions, and this is a very fast clip of acquisitions. You are inheriting all sorts of diverse systems. Do you see any patterns among the companies that you bring in? And are there any standard processes or methodologies for integration? Mark Egan:

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs In The Northeastern U.S. On Thursday, April 21

Entrepreneurs from the northeastern U.S. with questions pertaining to their start-up ventures are encouraged to pitch their businesses at or attend the next FREE online strategy roundtable on Thursday, April 21, 2011, starting at: 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details here and register here. All are welcome!

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: Spigit, Pleasanton, California

Regular readers will be familiar with The 1M/1M Deal Radar’s coverage of crowdsourcing through companies such as crowdSPRING, UserVoice, and the 1M/1M partner CrowdEngineering. Today’s post looks at a different kind of idea management: innovation management. Pleasanton, California–based Spigit makes social business collaboration and innovation management software. This software is designed to tap into the collective

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Making Millions Out Of Artificial Intelligence: Brighterion CEO Akli Adjaoute (Part 4)

Sramana: What happened with the company that you started as a PhD student? Akli Adjaoute: My biggest customers were French and European firms, as well as the military and some banks in France. The company grew to 62 people, and we made about $5 million of revenue per year.

Catching Up On Readings: AI Again In The Spotlight

The recent victory of IBM computer Watson over two human competitors on the popular game show Jeopardy! has again put artificial intelligence in the spotlight. This week’s Entrepreneur Journeys interviewee, Akli Adjaoute, has devoted his career to building smart systems and has fascinating insights to share about the field. Click on the full article link

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