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According to a recent report by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International, the Indian e-commerce market is expected to grow 33% this year to Rs. 62,967 crore (~$7.5 billion). The market remains dominated by the online travel segment, which contributes 73% of revenues for the year. The remaining 23% comes from

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Successfully Navigating a Slow-Growth Healthcare IT Industry for 10 Years: Stan Nowak, CEO of Silverlink (Part 2)

Sramana: When you were starting Silverlink, did you envision it being a consumer-facing product? Stan Nowak: Yes, we envisioned it being a consumer product that we could sell through channels. Unfortunately, at that time in the marketplace there were no well-developed channels. There were no social media channels, and consumer markets were very expensive to

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Daphne Kwon, CEO of Expo TV (Part 1)

Daphne Kwon is the chief executive officer of Expo TV, a free-to-join community where consumers post “videoopinions” about products and services they acquired. Daphne studied at Harvard Business School and was a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley, senior analyst at The Walt Disney Company, and CFO at Oxygen network, among other positions. In this interview

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Chris Carter, CEO of Approyo (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: You became one of the major SAP Hana developers. You are part of the SAP Startup Focus program. Now you have core expertise in doing facility management and energy optimization for hospitals. When you go back to the SAP Startup Focus program, are they able to match you up with all the hospital

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Successfully Navigating a Slow-Growth Healthcare IT Industry for 10 Years: Stan Nowak, CEO of Silverlink (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Stan Nowak is the founder and CEO of Silverlink, a healthcare consumer outreach company. Under Stan’s leadership, Silverlink has developed a flexible communications technology, proprietary analytics capabilities and a team with deep industry expertise. Stan’s background includes more than 22 years of general and executive management

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Chris Carter, CEO of Approyo (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: How would that be followed through? Let’s say I am in the store, and I am looking for something that the store knows because of all the implementation you have done, integrating the POS System. How is that last mile bridged? Who is approaching me? Is there floor staff who gets a notification

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Built to Enjoy in Utah: Jana Francis, Founder, Steals.com (Part 7)

Sramana: I think what you have done is fantastic. Our ecosystem has created a talent war for the same people. There is talent everywhere and there are different niches and lifestyles. Being able to carve out a niche like you have is a fantastic HR strategy. Jana: Two of employees had a goal of working

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Chris Carter, CEO of Approyo (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Can you talk about what kind of heuristics you are using in the wealth management scenario? Chris Carter: When you look at wealth management, you have structured and unstructured data. You have all those nice Excel spreadsheets, documents, and plenty of data points about what you are doing when it comes to your

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