Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Shaun Connolly, VP of Corporate Strategy at Hortonworks (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What have you seen in the last five years that are major trends in this space? What are the drivers currently, and what do you foresee will be the drivers in the next two to five years? Shaun Conolly: I was in the application platform business with JBoss and Red Hat. I was

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Authors as Entrepreneurs: Bella Andre, Hugh Howey, Jasinda Wilder (Part 6)

Sramana: Another strategy that I have noticed appears in all of your success stories is the presence of series and interconnected stories. Are there other strategies that we have not discussed yet that you think are good secrets to your success? Hugh Howey: I can throw in a couple of things. First of all there

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Shaun Connolly, VP of Corporate Strategy at Hortonworks (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Are there other use cases? Shaun Connolly: Let me tell you about the healthcare use case. What it does is show the sensor data use case well. In the healthcare industry we work with healthcare providers as well as university hospitals – the University of California Irvine Medical Center is one example. In

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October 17 – 192nd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 192nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, October 17, 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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Authors as Entrepreneurs: Bella Andre, Hugh Howey, Jasinda Wilder (Part 5)

Sramana: Hugh, in your case is Amazon’s algorithmic promotion driving the bulk of your following? Hugh Howey: I would say that my following has driven Amazon’s algorithms to drive my book to new people. It has to start with a readership which is word of mouth. One person has to read something they love, and

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Roundtable Recap: October 10 – Try To Minimize Capital Risk

Today’s roundtable had its usual share of entrepreneurs dreaming about raising capital on concepts without validation. Sometimes, I wonder, when, if ever, we’re going to get this epidemic under control! MoYoTv First up, Dollie Darko, from Greenwich, CT, pitched MoYoTv – a television network that develops its own high quality programming for the millennial generation.

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2013: Freshdesk, Chennai, India

Freshdesk is a SaaS company that provides customer support software across multiple communication channels. The software combines a back-end helpdesk system used in ticketing and knowledge management with an online social customer portal on the front end. Within two years of its launch as a cost-effective alternative, in 2013 Freshdesk has crossed $1 million in

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Shaun Connolly, VP of Corporate Strategy at Hortonworks (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What have you had to do technically to service this use case? Shan Connolly: In many cases, the enterprise Hadoop platform acts as the landing ground for all those different sources of data. In many cases, if the information is already in existing systems that are powering the business, those systems are not

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