Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Chris Ruff, CEO of UIEvolution (Part 4)

SM: What percentage of your clients are mobile clients? CR: I would say the mobile phone platforms drive about 60% of our revenue base, 65%. SM: What about media? CR: Media is about 15%. One thing about our company is we only deal with larger media companies. So, it’s a model we’ve perfected over the

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Steve Singh, CEO of Concur (Part 2)

SM: A personalized commerce opportunity, yes. SS: Completely personalized. It’s personalized down to the individual level. It’s not a company level. It’s down to the individual person. It says I know about you. I know how to meet your needs, and I know how to make your trip a better experience. So, what we see

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Gaps in Analytics: Jon Kondo, CEO of Host Analytics (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Jon Kondo is the CEO of Host Analytics, a provider of cloud-based analytics and business intelligence tools. Prior to serving as the CEO at Host Analytics, Jon was North American Group Vice President at Oracle where he was responsible for 200+ people and all EPM revenue.

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Chris Ruff, CEO of UIEvolution (Part 3)

SM: OK. Give me some examples of things that can be automated. Let’s say even 40%, 50%, 60% who knows, whatever is needed that can be automated, what is that piece? CR: A lot of it has to do with how you manage the data that’s being transported to the device, whether it’s rich media

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Steve Singh, CEO of Concur (Part 1)

Business travel can be a pain, especially when it comes to knowing you can and can’t include on your expense account when you return. Concur is one company that will help you remain compliant with your company’s policies and still enjoy your trip as much as possible. Founded in 1993, Concur is a leading provider

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Bootstrapping E-Commerce to 16 Million: Valerie Holstein, CEO of Cableorganizer.com (Part 7)

Sramana: If you are seriously thinking about heading out to get an executive MBA, then I will tell you to save yourself the money and trouble. Just do 1M/1M. We teach everything about entrepreneurship in a very efficient program for just $1,000 a year. Valerie Holstein: Maybe I should do that. I will definitely look

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Chris Ruff, CEO of UIEvolution (Part 2)

SM: So you’re saying that instead of 100% content transformation solution, middleware layer in between, your approach is that 80% has to be automated and 20% custom and that you have solutions for both the 80% automated and the 20% custom? CR: Yes. We provide the design and the services for doing the customization. And

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Pradeep Rathinam, CEO of Aditi Technologies (Part 7)

SM: Last question, when you look around, what are some of the interesting entrepreneurial opportunities that are opening up because of the wide adoption of platform-as-a-service as it unfolds? PR: If you’re an entrepreneur today, your startup cost is incrementally low. If you have a good idea, to execute on an idea, you can leverage

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