Thought Leaders in Big Data: Franz Aman, Chief Marketing Officer, Silicon Graphics (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: So, you are avoiding that problem by blowing out the main memory available and then doing the in-memory computing on top of that? Franz Aman: Correct. Then it is native. It is just available, and your application will just run. We recently did a project with a researcher from the University of Illinois

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Leading Michigan’s Emergence as a Tech Startup Hub: Billhighway CEO Vince Thomas (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Vince Thomas is the founder and CEO of Billhighway, a provider of cloud-based financial management solutions tailor-made for nonprofit, donor, and member-based organizations. He developed Billhighway in college as a way to help manage finances among college roommates and in the years since the company has

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Franz Aman, Chief Marketing Officer, Silicon Graphics (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: You talked about in-memory databases and said you were using Oracle’s in-memory database technology. Could you talk a bit about trends in in-memory databases, because it looks like SAP is setting its entire company on HANA?

Bootstrapping to $35M via Affiliate Fees: Swagbucks Co-founder Scott Dudelson (Part 7)

Sramana: What is the most popular reward type? Scott Dudelson: Without a doubt it is the Amazon gift card. Gift cards in general are popular. Sramana: If you were able to give advice to another entrepreneur, what advice would you pass on? What were some of your biggest lessons learned? Scott Dudelson: We pivoted twice

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Franz Aman, Chief Marketing Officer, Silicon Graphics (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: I would like to talk in more detail about some of the customers and problems you discussed. You can pick whichever your favorites are. Let’s do three or four use cases. I would like to dive into the depths of what problems you are solving and how you are solving them. What role

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We are coping with the death of a dearly loved. America is coping with Newtown. India is coping with Damini. Syria with Assad. Whether it is personal or universal, suffering seems ubiquitous. The augmented reality of social media makes it all even more intense, dominating our consciousness. And yet.

Bootstrapping to $35M via Affiliate Fees: Swagbucks Co-founder Scott Dudelson (Part 6)

Sramana: You are sitting at $35 million in revenue a year. What percentage of that money comes from affiliate relationships? Scott Dudelson: The majority of the revenue comes from affiliate opportunities, although I do not have the exact percentage of that breakdown. We have recently brought on salespeople who are helping bring in more direct

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