Catching Up On Readings: Cloud Computing Roundup

We’ve covered a wide range of cloud computing endeavors this year in both the Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing series and in Tech Stocks and other themed series. From CCSi, which is dedicated solely to the cloud computing needs of the U.S. government, to Cornerstone OnDemand, which serves businesses and people in 179 countries, these

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Turning a Services Company to a $30M Product Company: Bridgeline Digital CEO Thomas Massie (Part 4)

Sramana: How do you compete in deals? What market do you target? Thomas Massie: We offer a mid-market product. Our customers have revenues of a billion dollars or more, but our sweet spot is companies in the $25 million and up revenue range. Sramana: In terms of the competitive landscape, whom do you compete with

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Joe Langner, EVP of Mid-Market Solutions for Sage, North America (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: If you have a lot of e-commerce customers, does that mean you are building in the capabilities of running a full e-commerce shopping cart, for example, into your portfolio? Joe Langner: With the number of customers we have and the time we have been on the market, we either produce those capabilities ourselves

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Turning a Services Company to a $30M Product Company: Bridgeline Digital CEO Thomas Massie (Part 3)

Sramana: A services-based business is a good business to bootstrap because customers are paying for all of the services. How long did that mode of doing business go on? Thomas Massie: We were a services company for our first six years. Sramana: What kind of revenue level did you reach in those first six years?

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December 20 – 154th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 154th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. IST. 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 register to

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Cookie Marenco’s World of Music

Cookie Marenco knows the music industry inside out. She started her career at the age of 14 as a piano teacher. In 1982, she bootstrapped her recording studio with a partner and received Grammy nominations and two Gold Records. In 1987, she joined Windham Hill Records as a producer. Here she learned how a record

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Joe Langner, EVP of Mid-Market Solutions for Sage, North America (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Where does BlackBerry fit into all of this?  This is a segment that has high BlackBerry adoption. Joe Langner: The devices we are writing to are those two [Android and iOS] at this point.  I haven’t seen the BlackBerry adoption as much.  They lost a lot of mind share in the marketplace.

Turning a Services Company to a $30M Product Company: Bridgeline Digital CEO Thomas Massie (Part 2)

Sramana: By 1999 you had two successful IPOs, and the dot-com market was booming. What had you learned up to that point in your entrepreneurial career? Thomas Massie: I had learned it was important to stick to the basics. You had to stick to core things like market need, and once you had validated market

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