Building a Cross-Border e-Commerce Success Selling to Russia: Bay.Ru CEO Aaron Block (Part 3)

Sramana: It sounds like one of the innovations you have accomplished was creating a wide range of payment options for Russian consumers. Is that a fair statement? Aaron Block: Yes, definitely. It took a significant amount of work to create all of the payment touch points in a way that resounded with the Russian consumer.

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A&N Media – Elance Roundtable Competitions For Entrepreneurs In Britain

As part of a collaborative effort to help Stimulate Entrepreneurship In Britain, A&N Media and Elance, will be co-hosting with several entrepreneur groups in Britain an ongoing series of online 1M/1M roundtable competitions. During each roundtable, five entrepreneurs will be selected to present their company pitches. Two will be judged the winners and receive yearlong

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Announcing Finalists For The BlueSnap – Elance Entrepreneur Development Scholarship Program

As part of the BlueSnap – Elance Entrepreneur Development Scholarship Program, the twenty finalists listed below have been selected to present their company pitches during two public online 1M/1M Roundtables for entrepreneurs on June 4 and June 7. Twelve winners will be chosen, six at the end of the session, by BlueSnap CEO Hagai Tal,

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Announcing Entrepreneurs Competing During The Battle Of The Start-ups In London

A&N Media and TechHub have released the following list of entrepreneurs who will be pitching their businesses during the Battle Of The Start-ups on Tuesday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m., in London. A panel of judges, including Sramana Mitra and a team from A&N Media, will be awarding the most innovative and promising companies with one-year scholarships to

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Peter Hudson, Founder of iTriage (Part 2)

SM: And how are people using the technology? A download is one thing. Actual use is quite another thing. PH: We track that pretty closely, and we probably have some pretty surprising results. We retain close to 70% of all downloads, and we know that based on updates and unique users. And then we have

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: David Guthrie, CTO of PGi (Part 5)

SM: I heard you say a few things that I’d like probe into. Transcription, automatic transcription, is that a requirement that your customers are asking for? DG: No, it’s not a requirement. Henry Ford said that what he would have given his customers if they’d asked for it would have been a faster horse. SM:

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Building a Cross-Border e-Commerce Success Selling to Russia: Bay.Ru CEO Aaron Block (Part 2)

Sramana: How does the sales cycle work? Is delivery fulfillment happening in Russia with merchandise stored in Russian warehouses? Aaron Block: We are a middleman in Russia, but in the U.S. we are known as a cross-border e-commerce company. There are a number of players in the cross-border space. The cross-border space means that you

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Peter Hudson, Founder of iTriage (Part 1)

People want simplicity, efficiency and facility in everything they do. Monitoring and maintaining their health is no exception. In fact, when they’re not feeling well and want answers, people tend to be more rather than less impatient. iTriage LLC, is a Denver, Colorado–based global health care technology company that was founded in 2008 by two

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