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Wharton Club, Thursday, January 19: Sramana Mitra Speaking About Capitalism 2.0

Posted on Monday, Jan 16th 2012

How can entrepreneurs hijack capitalism back from the speculators? Sramana Mitra will be discussing Capitalism 2.0 and ways entrepreneurs and innovators can hijack capitalism back on Thursday, January 19th, at The Wharton Club of Northern California in Palo Alto, California. Please join us for a lively and interactive event. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. You

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Thursday, Jan. 19: 112th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Posted on Monday, Jan 16th 2012

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 112th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, January 19, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain constructive feedback and she’ll answer any of your questions. Others can “attend” to

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: David Stone, CEO of CashStar (Part 4)

Posted on Monday, Jan 16th 2012

SM: Oh, I see. So, the electronic gift card can be used at a store. DS: Exactly. We’re connecting the online and physical world. In fact, most of the cards – and there are millions that we’ve done – can be used in the physical world. It has a bar code on it, and you

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Steve Garrou, VP of Global Solutions Management, Savvis (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Jan 16th 2012

Since making its initial public offering in February 2000, Savvis has experienced significant growth, not only organically but also through acquisition. When the company decided to expand its operations in 2005 from network services to global IT services, a name change went along with it, and Savvis Communications became Savvis, Inc. In 2007 and 2008,

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Online Audience Sampling Scaling Super Fast: uSamp CEO Matt Dusig (Part 5)

Posted on Monday, Jan 16th 2012

Sramana: During the time you waited out your non-compete you started three other websites with varying degrees of success. What happened next? Matt Dusig: In 2005 we went out to raise some money for our three business concepts. There is a lesson to be had in focus, and we had some challenges trying to do

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2012: InsureMonkey, Las Vegas, Nevada

Posted on Monday, Jan 16th 2012

If you’re lucky, you have an employer who offers a great health plan that doesn’t cost too much. These days, millions of people aren’t so fortunate. Either they are unemployed, self-employed, or their employers don’t have health plans that meet their needs. The founders of the Las Vegas, Nevada–based InsureMonkey understood that searching for insurance

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: David Stone, CEO of CastStar (Part 3)

Posted on Sunday, Jan 15th 2012

Sramana Mitra: That’s not what I want to know, though. I want to know what are the dynamics of the business model? David Stone: The dynamics of the business model are three core dynamics. First, you have to get the retailers that are offering the cards because without the retailers, you don’t have anything. The

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Online Audience Sampling Scaling Super Fast: uSamp CEO Matt Dusig (Part 4)

Posted on Sunday, Jan 15th 2012

Sramana: What were the circumstances behind that acquisition? Did they approach you? What was the rationale behind selling? Matt Dusig: They came to us in the summer of 2004. They were going public in August and they wanted to make an acquisition. They made us an offer that we laughed at. At the time, we

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