Business Incubator Series: Dave Knox, The Brandery, Cincinnati, Ohio (Part 3)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Dave: When we select our companies, we’re trying to get a feel for who the entrepreneurs themselves are. Are they ones who would benefit from a mentorship-driven network, in terms of being coachable and being open to change? The final thing is just looking at the team’s

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Marc Ferrentino, CTA Of Salesforce (Part 10)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Siddharth Garg Marc Ferrentino: Yes, thank you. I have one question for you; I wanted to ask this question. I like your Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing series, but I actually like your insight and your strategic blog posts much better. The reason I like them is that while

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The Next European Renaissance (Part 2)

In Avignon, as we visited the magnificent Palais des Papes where Pope Clement V moved the seat of the papacy from Rome in 1309, we saw posters for the annual arts festival everywhere. What a celebration of the performing arts it is!

Child Entrepreneur David Koretz, Now CEO Of Mykonos Software (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What is the story behind Mykonos?  David Koretz: We started seeing a problem inside BlueTie. It  was a huge issue; hackers were trying to break into our databases for a number of reasons. Some were trying to steal credit cards and others wanted to use us as a spam engine. The net effect

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Business Incubator Series: Dave Knox, The Brandery, Cincinnati, Ohio (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What are the core benefits that your accelerator provides? Dave: The Brandery is about accelerating the path of a startup. We’re lucky to have a great network of mentors, ranging from startup founders to venture capitalists to consumer marketing professionals. Through that mentorship we provide a

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Marc Ferrentino, CTA Of Salesforce (Part 9)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Siddharth Garg Marc Ferrentino: Well, going beyond the Salesforce app exchange and just to come to the space as a whole, I still think there are cloud management solutions. I think that is an interesting place and there are only a handful of solutions out there to keep the

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The Next European Renaissance (Part 1)

Some of you may have read my recent piece Silicon Valley: The Next Decade in which I discuss the evolution of Silicon Valley toward a place that has a spirit that is more in tune with the liberal, performing, and visual arts, a sharper focus on human-centric computing, and a vision for a new renaissance that fuses

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: PhoCusWright, New York And Connecticut

As long as the world has people who can afford to support it, the travel and tourism industry will continue to exist. The industry experienced a decline, understandably, after September 11, 2001. Travel declined again when the recession started in 2007, and an increasing number of people found themselves either unemployed or underemployed, practices like

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