Roundtable Recap: March 12 – Winners Of Microsoft Israel Scholarships

During today’s roundtable, we partnered with Microsoft Israel and the Israel Startup Network, to work with 10 companies. Below is a recap of the pitches, followed by the announcement of the winners of the three scholarships. As I worked with the entrepreneurs today, a couple of recurring gaps became apparent: (a) lack of thorough competitive

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Alex Dayon, Executive VP of Applications, Salesforce.com (Part 1)

We’ve talked a lot about Salesforce.com on this blog. Those of you who follow it know that I talked to CTA Marc Ferrentino in July 2011 for my Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing series. Once a company that focused primarily on facilitating customer relationship management for its clients, Salseforce has started branching out into platform

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120th Roundtable Recording On March 12, 2012

In case you missed this roundtable, co-hosted by Microsoft and Israel Startup Network, you can listen to the recording here:

Outsourcing: LN Balaji, President of ITC Infotech (Part 1)

Bangalore-based ITC Infotech is one of the leading outsourcing companies in India. A fully owned subsidiary of ITC Limited, ITC Infotech has wholly owned subsidiaries of its own in the United States and the United Kingdom. This 11-year-old IT services business serves 140 countries and has delivery hubs in Bangalore and Calcutta. Sramana Mitra: Hi, Balaji.

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Thursday, March 15: 3 Day Startup Co-Hosting 121st FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

3 Day Startup Tel-Aviv is co-hosting the 121st FREE online roundtable for entrepreneurs on Thursday, March 15, 2012, starting at 8:00 a.m. PDT. From Yaffo College in Tel-Aviv, Israel, five competing teams will be pitching their business ideas to Sramana Mitra for feedback and guidance. You can find more event details here and register to

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Microsoft Israel Roundtable Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 120th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs, co-hosted by Microsoft and Israel Startup Netowk, is starting NOW, on Monday, March 12, at 9 a.m. PDT/12 p.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India/6:00 p.m. Israel. Click here to join.

120th Roundtable Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s FREE online 120th 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs, co-hosted by Microsoft and Israel Startup Network, is starting in 30 minutes, on Monday, March 12, at 9 a.m. PDT/12 p.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India/6:00 p.m. Israel. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Optimizing Websites With Machine Learning: BloomReach CEO Raj De Datta (Part 5)

Sramana: Would you give me a use case of how a company would employ BloomReach? Raj De Datta: Search is by far the most-used method to find content. People put a query into a search engine, which in turn presents information to users, who click on links to visit. From the perspective of the website

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