Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Chris Burchett, CIO Of Credant Technologies (Part 4)

By Sramana Mitra and Siddarth Garg Sramana Mitra: I get your point from an adaption point of view, but today we are at a somewhat more mature stage of adoption in the cloud world, right? We are a good five to six years into serious cloud deployments, so we have a lot of very large

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Next 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, May 12

Entrepreneurs interested in discussing their startup ventures are invited to pitch their businesses or attend the next FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable on Thursday, May 12, 2011, starting at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details here and register here. All are welcome!

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: HootSuite, Vancouver, British Columbia

Mashable perhaps says it best: “So many statuses, so little time.” Social media can be an excellent tool for small businesses to collaborate and to build and maintain relationships with new and returning customers, but managing multiple profiles, commentary, and brand mentions – and keeping social media assets secure – can be a daunting task.

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Bootstrapping To $1 Million, Then Growing to $40 Million: iContact CEO Ryan Allis: Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Part 4)

Sramana: When did you hire your first employees? Ryan Allis: We hired our first employee in September 2003, three months into the business. He was an intern for the first month, and then after that we paid him $1,000 a month which was all we could afford. He did customer service and marketing, and he

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Catching Up On Readings: 1M/1M Premium Company OrangeScape Wins TiE50

I am thrilled to announce that 1M/1M premium company OrangeScape has been recognized as a “Top 50 Startup” by the 2011 TiE50 Awards Program recognizing 50 most promising startups worldwide. OrangeScape was one of more than 1,600 technology startups that was nominated. Awards are given in the presence of more than 3,000 attendees at TiEcon

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Chris Burchett, CIO Of Credant Technologies (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and Siddarth Garg Sramana Mitra: So, you already have a solution, and you are just applying it to a cloud environment because you encountered a problem that your customers were asking for solutions for. Chris Burchett: That is right, and there are additional functionalities that we are building into the product in

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Bootstrapping To $1 Million, Then Growing to $40 Million: iContact CEO Ryan Allis: Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Part 3)

Sramana: Where did the money come from to get iContact off the ground? Ryan Allis: We bootstrapped for three years. Initially it was just the two of us, and we did not draw a salary. We were in downtown Chapel Hill. I lived in the office, so I did not have any rent personally. Aaron

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Business Incubator Series: Troy Henikoff, Excelerate Labs – Chicago, Illinois (Part 10)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What are your daily personal challenges? What do you think could help you to be more effective? Troy: You mean other than having 48 hours in the day? Irina: Yes, other than time limitations. Troy: My role is overseeing the operations of Excelerate. More important, it’s

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