MIT and the Digital Economy: Sramana Mitra – Doug Leone Panel Discussion

Sramana participated in a panel discussion as part of the MIT and the Digital Economy program earlier this year. This video is a recording of the session. It is an extremely interesting discussion. We highly recommend you listen to it.

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What is the Future of Liberal Arts Education in America?

Ever since I read this recent WSJ article ‘At Harvard, Humanities Lose Status‘, I have been disturbed by this question. Actually, I have been thinking about the issue for longer, and wondering how the American Higher Education industry will evolve. I am curious what your thoughts are on the subject. Here are some of mine:

Harvard Business Review: How to Reduce ‘Infant Entrepreneur Mortality’

Harvard Business Review recently published Sramana Mitra’s piece, How to Reduce ‘Infant Entrepreneur Mortality’. You can read the entire article here.  

Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dave Maquera, CEO of EdgeWave (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: But your customer base is the enterprise. Is that correct? Dave Maquera: Enterprise, schools, state and local government, and also within the enterprise there are specific verticals. Together these constitute the majority of our business. Those verticals are financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications providers.

Incubating a Fat Startup at Greylock: Ash Ashutosh, CEO of Actifio (Part 7)

Sramana: What is the future of the fat startup situation. Of course the market is skewed towards lean startups. Good angels now want to invest in deals that have traction. Ash Ashutosh: If you get back to the essence of business and the ability to articulate return versus risk, there is a lot of money

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Bootstrapping Using Services: Krish Kupathil, CEO, AgreeYa Mobility (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Krish Kupathil is the founder and CEO of AgreeYa Mobility, an enterprise mobility and mobile system integration company. AgreeYa Mobility provides solutions for collaboration and communication products for mobile platforms, and has a flagship product lknown as Onvelop. Prior to AgreeYa Mobility, Krish was the vice

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Dave Maquera, CEO of EdgeWave (Part 1)

Dave Maquera is the chief executive officer at EdgeWave, a leading company in cloud-based security solutions. Dave studied at Harvard Business School and has more than 15 years of experience in the technology business. In this interview he talks about Edgewave’s unique approach to security solutions and addresses open problems in the industry. Sramana Mitra:

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Thursday, June 13 – 178th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 178th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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