Thought Leaders in Outsourcing: Interview with John Meyer, CEO of Arise Virtual Solutions (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What is the total population of people who are working through your system? John Meyer: Right now the network is about 26,000 people. Some of it is seasonal. Right now we have a giant demand for retail because this is their big period, and a lot of e-commerce transactions are going on right

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Thought Leaders in Outsourcing: Interview with John Meyer, CEO of Arise Virtual Solutions (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s talk about another customer scenario. When you introduced the model, you were very specific about certain people, like diabetics. What kinds of requirements are you seeing from your customers, and what do you do to source people with those kinds of profiles? John Meyer: I mentioned referrals before, but we also use

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Innovation’s Next Decade

While the world economy continues to look shaky, the technology industry has never looked stronger. Now is perhaps a good time to stop for a moment and reflect on what the next decade will be all about for the industry. My vision of what the technology industry needs to focus on is best described by

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The Past, Present, and Future of Robotics: Interview with Rich Mahoney, Director of Robotics Engineering at SRI (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: Your points are well taken on the quality of life. There are a vast number of people who cannot afford services because they cannot afford [to hire the] people who provide those services. They may be able to afford to buy a robot to provide those services, depending on what price point robots

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Thought Leaders in Outsourcing: Interview with John Meyer, CEO of Arise Virtual Solutions (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: I think there is a huge unmet need of women looking for flexible jobs while raising children. This is a category that is under-served and is looking for work, and looking for ways to make money and raise families. That is why it doesn’t surprise me that this is the bulk of your

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Seed Capital: Inventus Capital Partners

1M/1M ambassador Irina Patterson talks with Parag Dhol of Inventus Capital Partners. Irina Patterson: Please tell us briefly about your personal background and about your fund. Parag Dhol: Inventus Capital Partners is a U.S.–India venture firm managed by successful entrepreneurs and industry operating veterans who have backed over 100 entrepreneurs with operations in India and/or

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Thought Leaders in Outsourcing: Interview with John Meyer, CEO of Arise Virtual Solutions (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You are providing a certain set of outsourced services to small businesses. Is that the business? John Meyer: We actually do crowdsourcing. We strike a relationship with a very large telecom company. They say, “I have a need to have people answering their phones for me, either in customer service or in technical

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The Past, Present, and Future of Robotics: Interview with Rich Mahoney, Director of Robotics Engineering at SRI (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: I think robotics is extremely promising, and the whole democratization of access to quality services is very ambiguous, compelling and also not terribly difficult to figure out the value of. Rich Mahoney: I think another part that is getting a lot of adoption lately is agriculture. There is a company called Blue River

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