Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Steve Pavlovsky, Product General Manager, Control and Communications Systems Business, GE Intelligent Platforms (Part 1)

There’s more to General Electric (GE) than people might think. Founded in 1890 by Thomas Edison, the company has moved beyond providing electricity and light bulbs. As my conversation with Steve Pavlovsky will reveal, GE continues to move forward and adapt with changing times in ways that Edison would likely approve of. Sramana Mitra: Hi,

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Playing with Love to $10M: SeekingArrangement Founder Brandon Wade (Part 6)

Sramana: What is the competitive landscape like for you today? Has it changed a lot over the years? Brandon Wade: Competition is getting tough. It is not that hard to create a website. You can buy software or outsource development. Launching a dating website is very easy. The key for us is to continue to

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Playing with Love to $10M: SeekingArrangement Founder Brandon Wade (Part 5)

Sramana: How many men and women do you have in your network of sites today? Brandon Wade: Across the various sites we have close to three million members. There are 1.7 million profiles on SeekingArrangement alone. We have launched that website in German, Spanish, and French and it is becoming successful internationally as well. We

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Catching Up On Readings: Cool Houses, Green Design

They might not pop up on your block in the immediate future, but these new sun-powered homes, currently being exhibited at the Solar Decathlon Europe, are helping to shape the conversation about how we as a planet can live more sustainably. See inhabitat.com for more green design. Click on the paragraph link for the rest

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Playing with Love to $10M: SeekingArrangement Founder Brandon Wade (Part 4)

Sramana: How did the revenue track beyond 2007? Brandon Wade: It doubled almost every year. We are close to $10 million dollars this year. In the meantime, we have been launching new websites in the same space. SeekingArrangement is about successful, generous men. We have morphed and created new websites with the same theme. In

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Playing with Love to $10M: SeekingArrangement Founder Brandon Wade (Part 3)

Sramana: How long did it take you to get 4,000 users signed up to enable the launch of the site, and what were the demographics? Brandon Wade: It took me three weeks. At that point we had five women signing up for every single man. Sramana: So, you successfully turned the equation around from the

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October 4 – Openings For Entrepreneurs To Pitch At 143rd FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 143rd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, October 4, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain constructive feedback and she’ll answer any of your questions. Others can “attend” to

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TradeKing Financial Entrepreneur Pitch-Fest Competition Postponed

Due to TradeKing’s involvement in a merger,  the TradeKing Financial Entrepreneur Pitch-Fest Competition has been postponed until Spring 2013.  Interested entrepreneurs are welcome to apply to pitch now. We are especially interested in companies with the following types of financial businesses to pitch: -Online tools providers -Mobile tools providers -Platform SDKs -Data visualization tools You

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