Why Entrepreneur Dreamers Fail to Launch

By guest author Jeff Weber from his book From Idea to Exit: The Entrepreneurial Journey I’ve had the pleasure of meeting many people with entrepreneurial ideas who have acted on their dreams and others who merely talk – failing to ever launch.  When I wrote From Idea to Exit: The Entrepreneurial Journey I challenged myself

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Tom Abshire, Senior VP of Products, Marketing and Member Engagement, Virgin HealthMiles (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What I see in this whole mobile world is – all of the things that you’ve said are true – is the notion of access and who delivers health care. In a way, with mobile phones and mobile devices, even in the most remote places in the world, given that mobile networks have

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Navigating the Microsoft Ecosystem to Build a 12 Million Dollar Company: Brian Knight, CEO of Pragmatic Works (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Brian Knight, SQL Server MVP, MCSE, MCDBA, is the co-founder of SQLServerCentral.com, JumpstartTV.com, and is on the principal board of directors of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS). Brian is a contributing columnist for many industry magazines and sites. He has written or cowritten more

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TrendSpotting: Love and Startups

There was a time in Silicon Valley when VCs did not like the idea of funding couples. Nonetheless, Cisco and 3Com – two legendary Valley startups – were founded by entrepreneur couples. These days, the startup world seems to nurture a lot more romance …

Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Tom Abshire, Senior VP of Products, Marketing and Member Engagement, Virgin HealthMiles (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let me ask you couple technology questions, since you’re talking about cloud computing. How is this happening architecturally? Are employees from different employers on the same system, or does each employer have its own private social network? Tom Abshire: It’s a traditional SaaS model, so each employer has its own instance on the

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Jeff Weber

Jeffrey Weber had dreamed of owning his own business since high school.  He finally found his opportunity, just shy of his 30th birthday, when he established Technology Resource Center.  Focused on enterprise software licensing and providing what is now known as a “cloud” solution, his company grew rapidly earning a rank on INC magazine’s “Top 500 Fastest Growing Private

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April 26: Opportunity For Entrepreneurs To Pitch At 124th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 124th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, April 26, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India. Serious entrepreneurs can “pitch” and sell their business ideas to Sramana Mitra. She will offer constructive feedback and answer any questions. Others can “attend” to watch and learn. See what entrepreneurs who

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Rolling Up Bill Management: Flint Lane, CEO of BillTrust (Part 7)

Sramana: Did the companies you acquired have any investors? Flint Lane: They were sole proprietor places. They were small print-and-mail companies. There are hundreds of print-and-mail businesses out there. We targeted some smaller sole proprietorship companies that did print-and-mail billing. We can upsell the e-billing solution as well as automate their processes. We found several

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