Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Stew Langille, CEO of Visual.ly (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What I have understood is that the members of your user community belong to various categories. You talked about data scientists, bloggers, business users, and so on. Help me to understand where your real business is. Who are the paying customers? Stew Langille: The platform is driven by the community. That is why

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Sramana: What is your market share of the Indian ERP market, and how does Oracle and SAP fit in? Virender Aggarwal: I feel that we are getting 10% of the new business happening in the country. We see Oracle and SAP, and on occasion we will see Microsoft. We have not seen Flex at all.

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Stew Langille, CEO of Visual.ly (Part 1)

Stew Langille is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Visual.ly. Previously Stew was director of marketing at Mint.com, where he built that company’s data business. He is a pioneer in the use of data as a marketing vehicle for both publishers and brands. In this interview Stew talks about how Visual.ly applies big data

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Startup Lesson: Talk to Customers Before Building Anything

In our One Million by One Million (1M/1M) global virtual incubator, we always advise entrepreneurs to talk to customers before building anything. We ask them to do as much research as possible. Some listen, some don’t. Gülin Yilmaz has listened. She is a classic example of the tenets that it pays to talk to customers,

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Derek Rodner, Vice President of Product Strategy, Agilence (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: And what is happening in the financial sector? Derek Rodner: That was the third sector I was thinking about. So again, the three are genomics, meteorology, and finance. Dealing with global markets, dealing with statistical analysis, the intern space, which is a part of finance – all of those areas are definitely big

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January 17: Entrepreneurs Pitch To Win At The 1M/1M New Year Challenge 2013 Finals II

Join us as the remaining 10 finalists for the 1M/1M New Year Challenge pitch their businesses to win scholarships to the 1M/1M online mentoring program on Thursday, January 17, 2013, starting at 8 a.m. PST. You can register to attend here, it’s free. We hope to you can join us!

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Using the Internet to book services such as car rentals is now routine for many drivers and travelers. Internet booking capabilities, however, exist almost solely for global operators and franchises. Barriers to entry for SMBs include the high cost of development and the need to cover a minimum territory before entering into a global distribution

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