Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Adriaan Van Wyk, CEO of K2 (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What is the segmentation? When you are looking for customers, where are you looking? Adriaan van Wyck: That is a very challenging question for us to answer right now. If you think about what I just said, it applies to almost every organization out there. It is a discipline we have to think

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September 12 – 187th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 187th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, September 12, 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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Acquiring Deadpool Technology to Leapfrog a Services Company into Products: Canara CEO Steve Cotton (Part 5)

Sramana: Once you brought the new technology to the market, how did it do? How long did it take for it to find its stride? Steve Cotton: The impact was immediate. Our expectations were very conservative, but within two quarters our entire customer based flipped over to our product as opposed to the other products

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Roundtable Recap: September 5 – Mentoring Networks Do Not Work

Today’s roundtable had the concluding portion of the presentations from Pakistan that I talked about last week. First, Syed Hassan from Islamabad, Pakistan, pitched Smart SurgiSol, a training solution for surgeons looking to learn how to perform laparoscopic surgery and robotic surgery. Next Bill Sosinsky from Edmonds, Washington, pitched Energime University, a concept that is

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Adriaan Van Wyk, CEO of K2 (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Does that position you in the integration layer? Adriaan van Wyck: It positions us in the layer right on top of the integration layer. If you think about the integration layer as being the concrete floors within a building, we are the hardwood floors that sit right on top of it.

186th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

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186th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 186th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, September 5, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Acquiring Deadpool Technology to Leapfrog a Services Company into Products: Canara CEO Steve Cotton (Part 4)

Sramana: What was so promising about the new technology that made you want to acquire it? Steve Cotton: In the world of battery monitoring, we were frustrated with monolithic systems based on 1980s designs. You would have a big panel sitting in a wall with batteries from floor to ceiling. Those systems were customized and

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