Having Fun At The Cusp Of Technology And Entertainment: Phunware CEO Alan Knitowski (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Alan Knitowski is the chairman and CEO of Phunware, which develops the mobile experience framework brandME and the mobile application infrastructure PRAISE. He is a serial entrepreneur and a veteran of the United States Army. Prior to Phunware he was the president of alternative investments for

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Thursday, February 23: 117th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 117th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, February 23, 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 Cloud Computing: Ken Stephens, Senior Vice-President of Cloud Services, Xerox (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Even within the IT portion, it sounds like I’m hearing infrastructure as a service as the organizing principle. Ken Stephens: Yes. It’s a staple. You have to do that, and we do that. SM: What gaps do you see in the market right now?

Bootstrapping A 100M+ E-Commerce Company: OpticsPlanet CEO Mark Levitin (Part 7)

Sramana: Are you basically using YouTube to provide commercials and information to your consumers? Mark Levitin: Yes, that is essentially what we are doing. It is not about selling; it is about engaging. It is not the obnoxious infomercial that we all hate. It is more sophisticated. It helps build the brand and also establishes

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1M/1M Internships: Social Media

Students, as you are gearing up to apply for summer internships, here is an overview of what 1M/1M has in store this year. Please note, we will be giving preference to those who can start right away, and will be awarding 1M/1M scholarships to those interns who complete 100 hours of successful projects, as follows:

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Ken Stephens, Senior Vice-President of Cloud Services, Xerox (Part 2)

SM: It sounds like Xerox is turning into an IT outsourcing company. KS: We have about $2 billion in revenue today from IT outsourcing already. We’re a $22 billion company, and about $2 billion of it is IT outsourcing. Now, in the market that we’re pursuing, the services business, historically, ACS and Xerox have pursued

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1M/1M Video: Girl Power In Silicon Valley

This comic strip raises the question of gender bias in Silicon Valley. Ironically, I AM a woman entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, and in my experience, when I have been rejected by VCs, there was, often, good reason for it. Please view the comic strip, and weigh in with your thoughts. You can subscribe to the

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Bootstrapping A 100M+ E-Commerce Company: OpticsPlanet CEO Mark Levitin (Part 6)

Sramana: How many members do you have registered with DVOR.com? Mark Levitin: We do not disclose the exact number, but it is a six digit number. Sramana: Can you give some insight into the growth pattern of your business? It sounds like you started off being an e-commerce company, but over time you have evolved

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