Sramana: How long did it take you to get enough inventory to really change the business? T.J. Clark: It took us three years, almost exactly. We had to build the technology and work with suppliers. We really hit our stride three years into the initiative, which was early 2011. That is when I felt the
Sramana Mitra: As far as your own infrastructure is concerned, you’re heavily into this hosting and colocation business. What is going on on the side of the hardware vendors or the infrastructure vendors, so to speak, that you buy from? What are they providing for you? Is this a topic that you can discuss at
Sramana: How much did Limousine operators have to pay to get a directory listing on Limos.com? T.J. Clark: They were spending a couple of hundred dollars a month. Sramana: If Limos.com was generating a million dollars a year in revenue, then it is fair to say that a lot of limo owners had already found
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 26th, at The Commonwealth Club in Santa Clara, California. Please join us for a lively and interactive event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Special discount for students
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 113th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, January 26, 2012, at 11 a.m. EST/8 a.m. PST/9:30 p.m. IST. Entrepreneurs with co-host Jacksonville Startup Weekend have first priority to “pitch” and sell their business ideas to Sramana Mitra during this special roundtable. Others can “attend” to watch and learn. See what
Donna Kelley is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College and holds the Frederic C. Hamilton Chair of Free Enterprise. She teaches courses at Babson in entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship in Asia. In addition, she has made speeches for executives and taught for top universities in China and Korea. Kelley has conducted research
Sramana Mitra: Interesting. That still doesn’t solve the issue of these rogue applications being brought into the enterprise. Is there anything on your radar that’s trying to address that issue? Steve Garrou: Of rogue applications being used within the enterprise? SM: Yes. For example, there are thousands of SaaS applications today. Say somebody decides, OK,