161st Roundtable Recap: February 14 – Stealth Is Overrated

Today’s roundtable had a couple of discussions about the pros and cons of stealth mode startups. Someone from the audience asked if we have members sign NDAs before they listen to other entrepreneurs’ pitches. My answer: Absolutely NOT! Trevi First up, Nav Kesher from Seattle, Washington, pitched Trevi, a mobile photo application that helps keep

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161st Roundtable Recording On February 14, 2013

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Oliver Bussmann, CIO of SAP (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let me mention a few of the points you discussed. First, you said you have 20,000 devices that you are supporting right now? Oliver Bussmann: Yes, we have 20,000 iPads. We are the second largest user of iPads. There is only one other, a Korean telecommunications company, with [more, at] 30,000 devices. We

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Billy Bosworth, CEO of DataStax (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What does the competitive landscape look like? Of course there is a lot going on in big data. How do you view the map and the competitive landscape? How do you position yourself in that ecosystem with that competitive landscape? Billy Bosworth: I have been around databases for a long time. This is

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Today’s 161st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, February 14, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

“I Want to Teach Engineering to a Billion”: Anant Agarwal, President of EdX (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Professor Anant Agarwal was my graduate advisor at MIT in the mid-nineties. In Anant, I found a kindred entrepreneurial spirit, someone who encouraged me to pursue my entrepreneurial dreams, even if that meant quitting the PhD program at MIT. Over the past 20 years, both of

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Oliver Bussmann, CIO of SAP (Part 1)

Oliver Bussmann is executive vice president and chief information officer of SAP AG. He counts 20 years of executive experience and previously worked for Allianz of America Corp. and Deutsche Bank. He is a pioneer of social media deployment for business-building and has received several awards, including the 2012 Social CIO and European CIO in

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