Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Tom Abshire, Senior VP of Products, Marketing and Member Engagement, Virgin HealthMiles (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let me see if I got this right. Is this a product for consumers, or is this a prevention-oriented health care product for the internal Virgin employee base? Tom Abshire: This [comprises] technologies, tools and engagement programming that we sell to better enable employers, such as Sun Trust Bank or Coca-Cola to get

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Rolling Up Bill Management: Flint Lane, CEO of BillTrust (Part 6)

Sramana: Has the print and mail revenue been a revenue mainstay from the very beginning of the business? Flint Lane: We needed a year because there is some infrastructure and equipment purchases that needed to be made to get the bills out the door. We were profitable within two years. We have been pretty profitable

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Thursday, April 26: 124th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable With WITI San Diego

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. Those working with WITI (Women In Technology International) San Diego will have first priority to “pitch” and sell their business ideas to Sramana Mitra. She will offer constructive feedback and answer any

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Tom Abshire, Senior VP of Products, Marketing and Member Engagement, Virgin HealthMiles (Part 1)

Staying in shape can be tough, and getting into shape is even tougher. That’s why you see companies like Walgreens, with its Walk With Walgreens program, offering people incentives to get up and be more active. Virgin HealthMiles, a part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, does something similar by offering employee health programs that actually

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BlueSnap and Elance Offer 1M/1M Scholarships to Digital Commerce and Subscription Businesses

Fremont, Calif. – April 23, 2012 – BlueSnap, a global provider of open cloud commerce technology and services to meet the rapidly changing needs to today’s digital brands, and its CEO, Hagai Tal, today announced the BlueSnap–Elance Entrepreneur Development Scholarship Program to encourage new entrepreneurs who are launching or engaged in digital commerce ventures. This program is supported by

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Rolling Up Bill Management: Flint Lane, CEO of BillTrust (Part 5)

Sramana: Are there other companies who offer outsourced electronic billing? Flint Lane: There are a handful out there. Kubra is based out of Canada who we probably see the most.

Catching Up On Readings: Tips for Cash-Strapped Entrepreneurs

Regular readers know we are champions of bootstrapping and lean startups. Do you want to develop your business in line with this philosophy but need practical tips and suggestions? If so, you might want to check out the website The Frugal Entrepreneur. Click on the full paragraph link for all of this week’s posts.

Rolling Up Bill Management: Flint Lane, CEO of BillTrust (Part 4)

Sramana: What kind of companies tend to be good partners? Flint Lane: We tried going through accountants in the beginning, and what we discovered was that accountant drove payroll business because they did not want to do it themselves. The best partners for us are the accounting software companies. These are the companies between QuickBooks

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