Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Sid Banerjee, CEO of Clarabridge (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s have some examples of those problems. Sid Banerjee: The companies will often localize website content to certain market or product needs. That localization can often lead to inefficiency. When they find that people have a particular problem using websites or completing transactions, there will be feedback that comes in a variety of

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Building an App Platform Company from the Netherlands: Mendix CEO Derek Roos (Part 4)

Sramana: How many VC funds were operating in Amsterdam? Did you know them well? Derek Roos: There are very little options in the Netherlands. There are a lot of angel investors but we were looking for an institutional investor and there are a handful of institutional investors there. There are maybe 10 at most. It

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Sid Banerjee, CEO of Clarabridge (Part 1)

Sid Banerjee is the chief executive officer of Clarabridge, a company that offers customer experience management solutions to large enterprises through the use of big data analytics. Sid has a BS and an MS in electrical engineering from MIT and more than 20 years of experience in business intelligence leadership. Several companies have grown or

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Building an App Platform Company from the Netherlands: Mendix CEO Derek Roos (Part 3)

Sramana: Let’s talk about the rest of your team. You were in business school, but you had technical co-founders. How did this team come together? Derek Roos: At the company that I was working for while I was going to business school, there was another individual there who became my co-founder. He had a technical

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Calvin Carter, Founder and President, Bottle Rocket (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: Can you identify open problems for our readers? What is missing out there? What would you like to do if you had certain other resources available to you? Calvin Carter: There are a lot of opportunities in the mobile space since it is a phenomenal space to be in. It is growing, it

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July 11 – Next 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 181st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, July 11, 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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Building an App Platform Company from the Netherlands: Mendix CEO Derek Roos (Part 2)

Sramana: What specifically do you mean when you say application development? Are you talking about web applications or mobile applications? Derek Roos: Both, actually. When we say applications, we are talking about business applications. The Mendix app platform means web and mobile at the same time. Our vision for applications is that it should not

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Calvin Carter, Founder and President, Bottle Rocket (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Are you familiar with a company called Trion Worlds? Calvin Carter: No. SM: Trion is a really hot gaming company. They work in collaboration with HBO and they released a TV series and a game together. The program is called Defiance.