Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Billy Bosworth, CEO of DataStax (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: In this picture that you have presented, where do you see gaps or problems? These could be smaller problems or niche problems. Where would you point entrepreneurs to look for opportunities to start companies? Where are the open spaces and blue-sky opportunities? Billy Bosworth: I am a little biased based on where I

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Feb. 21 – 162nd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 162nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, February 21, 2013, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Ms. Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain constructive feedback and she’ll answer any of your questions.

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“I Want to Teach Engineering to a Billion”: Anant Agarwal, President of EdX (Part 2)

Sramana: How does the model support the on-campus vision? If your courses are built by universities all over the world with an open source methodology, how do localized campuses leverage that information? Anant Agarwal: The platform is open source. The software is open source. The content is owned by the universities. They are the ones

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161st Roundtable Recap: February 14 – Stealth Is Overrated

Today’s roundtable had a couple of discussions about the pros and cons of stealth mode startups. Someone from the audience asked if we have members sign NDAs before they listen to other entrepreneurs’ pitches. My answer: Absolutely NOT! Trevi First up, Nav Kesher from Seattle, Washington, pitched Trevi, a mobile photo application that helps keep

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161st Roundtable Recording On February 14, 2013

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Oliver Bussmann, CIO of SAP (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let me mention a few of the points you discussed. First, you said you have 20,000 devices that you are supporting right now? Oliver Bussmann: Yes, we have 20,000 iPads. We are the second largest user of iPads. There is only one other, a Korean telecommunications company, with [more, at] 30,000 devices. We

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Billy Bosworth, CEO of DataStax (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What does the competitive landscape look like? Of course there is a lot going on in big data. How do you view the map and the competitive landscape? How do you position yourself in that ecosystem with that competitive landscape? Billy Bosworth: I have been around databases for a long time. This is

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