Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Doyon Kim, CEO of Pangalore (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: This was more about page views. You did the searching yourselves, so they can’t get into searching. Doyon Kim: Right. Content providers had to get some sort of code from us, but that code could track every activity of people on the website. Sites like TechCrunch implement a code, so we track their

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Ari Zilka, CTO of Terracotta (Part 7)

SM: There are many classifications of big data and real time. At this point, that’s one of the reasons why there’s so much activity in the space right now. AZ: Yes. Big data can be sold to enterprises because no matter who you are, you don’t have to be a Facebook anymore to have an

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Helping Publishers Monetize Premium Ad Inventory: isocket CEO John Ramey (Part 4)

Sramana: Was the core idea that resonated with TechCrunch the concept of helping core publishers sell their inventory directly via your platform? John Ramey: That was a big part of it. Our audacious goal was to create a true platform, an infrastructure layer, for advertising. Direct sales for web banners is a microcosm on top

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Doyon Kim, CEO of Pangalore (Part 1)

Video games are popular with people of all ages. The popularity of  games like “Farmville” and “Angry Birds” is proof of that. Pangalore, a San Jose, California–based universal social games developing company  launched its Universal Play HTML5 technology in December 2011, further satisfying the public’s desire for more games to play online and making it

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Ari Zilka, CTO of Terracotta (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: OK, as a follow-on question – this is a good, visceral example to illustrate what you’re talking about. Why has Twitter not been able to monetize along those same lines? It’s similar to Facebook, but Twitter has not succeeded in leveraging the big data/real time element of their infrastructure, why not? Ari Zilka:

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Helping Publishers Monetize Premium Ad Inventory: isocket CEO John Ramey (Part 3)

Sramana: Let’s talk about how you oriented yourself to establish isocket. You had received multiple points of validation. What was your next step? John Ramey: All of this had occurred in Bloomington, Indiana, which was a college town in the middle of nowhere. There is no web community or startup vehicle out there, but I

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Jan. 12: 111th FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to attend the 111th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable at a special time: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PST/Friday, January 13, 9:00 a.m. IST in India. This is to accommodate entrepreneurs pitching from the Entrepreneurship Cell at IIT Kharagpur’s Global Entrepreneur Summit. You can find more details here and register here. All

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Jan. 19: Sramana Mitra Discussing Capitalism 2.0 At The Wharton Club In Palo Alto, CA

How can entrepreneurs hijack capitalism back from the speculators? Sramana Mitra will be discussing Capitalism 2.0 and ways entrepreneurs and innovators can hijack capitalism back on Thursday, January 19th, at The Wharton Club of Northern California in Palo Alto, California. Please join us for a lively and interactive event. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. You

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