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Marty Nemko

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 18th 2012

Marty Nemko’s mother claims that he could read the New York Times at age 3 and that his reading comprehension in the first grade was at the 12th grade level. That’s either the exaggerations of a Jewish mother or the first sign of what was to come. Today, Nemko is among the nation’s most sought-after experts on

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Steve Garrou, VP of Global Solutions Management, Savvis (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 18th 2012

Sramana Mitra: Let me pick up on a few things you said and drill down on those. You were talking about “back to the future” as in we went to this client–server model, a more distributed model, and now we’re going back to a centralized, hosted solution that is accessed by [thin] clients, and in

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Online Audience Sampling Scaling Super Fast: uSamp CEO Matt Dusig (Part 7)

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 18th 2012

Sramana: You are looking at a $40 million run rate. Where are you looking to go from here? Is going public something to consider? Matt Dusig: Luckily, we took some chips off the table when we sold our first company. We are not starving artists and there is no rush to sell early this time.

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Commonwealth Club, Jan. 26: Sramana Mitra On How Entrepreneurs Can Hijack Capitalism Back From The Speculators

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 17th 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 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. You can find more

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: David Stone, CEO of CashStar (Part 5)

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 17th 2012

Sramana Mitra: What about returns? In the previous use case, you said you were in a Gap, saw a pink sweater, and decided to give that as a gift to a friend. Let’s say the friend receives that pink sweater and decides she wants a different color. How is that handled in your system? David

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Steve Garrou, VP of Global Solutions Management, Savvis (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 17th 2012

Sramana Mitra: What are the major trends you see in cloud computing today that are affecting your world? Steve Garrou: We’re finding that cloud is driving a lot of strategic conversations, almost as much as the technical ones. What we’re seeing with our clients – I mentioned I was in Asia – this is in

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Online Audience Sampling Scaling Super Fast: uSamp CEO Matt Dusig (Part 6)

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 17th 2012

Sramana: What kind of audiences can people expect to reach through uSamp? What demographics do you have? Matt Dusig: We have a very broad offering. We offer services primarily to market research agencies that run a variety of studies for any number of clients. A single client could come to us wanting soccer moms, and

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1M/1M Video: The Other 99% (Entrepreneurs)

Posted on Monday, Jan 16th 2012
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