1Mby1M Deal Radar 2012: Jellyfish Art, San Francisco, California

Many people want to have pets, but they want pets that require less maintenance and attention than cats, dogs or birds. That’s part of what makes pet fish popular. Aquariums only have to be cleaned occasionally, and fish demand little attention. Most of us are used to seeing tanks with goldfish, angel fish and guppies.

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Building a Cross-Border e-Commerce Success Selling to Russia: Bay.Ru CEO Aaron Block (Part 6)

Sramana: Would you say that your shipping algorithm is one of your core competencies? Aaron Block: Our proprietary shipping algorithm is something we think is very special and we covet it. Another interesting aspect of our business is that we have the majority of our operation is in Chicago even though we focus on the

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Cynthia Montgomery

Cynthia Montgomery is the author of The Strategist: Be the Leader Your Business Needs (HarperBusiness). She is also the Timken Professor of Business Administration and immediate past head of the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, where she’s taught for 20 years. For the past six years, she has led the strategy track in the school’s Owner,

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Adam Miller, CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand (Part 1)

Cornerstone OnDemand is a company that provides cloud-based talent management software solutions to nearly eight million people in 179 countries. The company boasts such heavy-hitting clients as Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Turner Broadcasting System, Virgin Media, and Save the Children, among others. Based in Santa Monica, California, Cornerstone has office locations in Latin America, Europe, Asia,

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Building a Cross-Border e-Commerce Success Selling to Russia: Bay.Ru CEO Aaron Block (Part 5)

Sramana: How did the Bay.ru business get off the ground? Did the founders bootstrap or take financing? Aaron Block: They took some loans from friends and family as well as some personal loans. They really bootstrapped the business, and that culture persists today. We consider ourselves a frugal organization. We just reached profitability in March,

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Peter Hudson, Founder of iTriage (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Yes, I think that’s correct. You’ve differentiated on a few fronts, from what I’m gathering. One is that you have done original content, a limited amount of content per disease, as opposed to providing 10 pages of information that make you lose your way. Then you’ve tied the information to providers with original

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Building a Cross-Border e-Commerce Success Selling to Russia: Bay.Ru CEO Aaron Block (Part 4)

Sramana: When you are buying wholesale, you have enough margin on the sale price to make a decent profit. If you are buying from other retailers, the margins tend to be less interesting. Is your margin with eBay or Amazon acceptable? Aaron Block: There is a market for international goods in Russia. The markup above

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Peter Hudson, Founder of iTriage (Part 3)

SM: I’m asking for specific experiences related to this product. I don’t want generic information. PH: From this one, I think understanding the health care consumer through our experiences as doctors and seeing it all fall apart when they end up in the ER. Second, it’s all about users and the number of people you

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