Outsourcing: Lalit Dhingra, President Of NIIT Technologies (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Aditya Modi Sramana Mitra: What is your shortlist? What are the towns on your shortlist right now? Lalit Dhingra: I have short-listed a few, and we are very near closing on one.

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Child Entrepreneur David Koretz, Now CEO Of Mykonos Software (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How did you learn about home automation and energy efficiency at the age of 14?  David Koretz: I used to read trade journals such as CES Today and Asian Trade Sources. I signed up for some journals as a distributor, and it allowed me to see all of the latest technologies coming out

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July 28: Next 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to pitch their businesses or attend the next FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable on Thursday, July 28, 2011, starting at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details here and register here. We hope you can make it!

July 21 Roundtable Poll Winner

Harsha Mukherjee’s Ekjaa Foundation was chosen the best business of those presented at yesterday’s roundtable through a poll on our 1M/1M Facebook page. Congratulations! In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here, read Sramana Mitra’s recap here, and register for upcoming roundtables here.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Marc Ferrentino, CTA Of Salesforce (Part 7)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Siddharth Garg Marc Ferrentino: Does that make sense? Sramana Mitra: Yes, that makes sense. MF: It is not easy. I am trying to make it simple but it really is not easy. It is an incredible technical challenge, but this is part of that of what we do. We

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Outsourcing: Lalit Dhingra, President Of NIIT Technologies (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Aditya Modi Lalit Dhingra: The people who are doing BPO work in Manila want to venture into IT, too. Sramana Mitra: But they are different skill sets. If you want to do IT software development, you need a higher level of skills than if you are doing pure BPO

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Child Entrepreneur David Koretz, Now CEO Of Mykonos Software (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Sramana Mitra:  David, let’s start at the beginning of your story. What is the genesis of your entrepreneurial roots? David Koretz: I grew up in Rochester, New York. Like a lot of entrepreneurs, my journey started earlier, more informally than it did formally. My parents owned a

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Roundtable Recap: July 21 – Crowd Sourced Funding Exchanges – An Emerging Trend

Those of you who are familiar with my work know that I do a lot of trend spotting. Some recent trend posts on my blog include There’s a Trend To Spot In Groupon’s Growth Rate, Customer Service and the Social Web, SaaS Enabled BPO, Near-shoring and U.S. Policy. During this week’s roundtable, I spotted yet

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