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219th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Jun 12th 2014

Today’s 219th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, June 12, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Don DeLoach, CEO of Infobright (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 11th 2014

Don DeLoach: The way the metadata layer is established is tantamount to indexing everything. So the maneuverability over the data especially for things like ad hoc queries and investigative analytics is very strong. That’s all done without the benefit or requirement of a database administrator. This typically is a low hardware requirement, a very low

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Building a Fat Startup: Apptio CEO Sunny Gupta (Part 7)

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 11th 2014

Sramana Mitra: As long as you are delivering and executing on what you said you were going to deliver on, there is no shortage of capital. In your case, you have delivered a product. You’ve had customers. Your pricing model is validated. Your business model is validated. You’re ramping up well. These kinds of deals

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Don DeLoach, CEO of Infobright (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 10th 2014

Sramana Mitra: You’re telling me that your go-to-market strategy is OEM? Don DeLoach: I would say it’s more and more OEM for sure. It had been a combination of direct sales mostly into the ad tech space and OEM sales into the people servicing mobile network operators. Without doubt, that’s over half of our business

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Building a Fat Startup: Apptio CEO Sunny Gupta (Part 6)

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 10th 2014

Sramana Mitra: You didn’t go after the Goldman kind of customers from where you picked up the idea. You actually went after the smaller customers to get a feel of the product. Sunny Gupta: I wanted to get the product and security model validated. I was talking to the Goldmans of the world all along,

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Comment-Selling on Facebook: Smocked Auctions Founders Amy Laws and Nicole Brewer (Part 7)

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 10th 2014

Sramana: On the surface, Facebook advertising does not seem all that complicated. A lot of people also believe that fans don’t turn into leads. You are getting leads and transactions out of Facebook. What have you learned that is worth sharing? Amy Laws: Once that fan likes your page, you have to put your best

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Don DeLoach, CEO of Infobright (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Jun 9th 2014

Everyone in Big Data is anticipating the Internet of Things trend. Don discusses it as well, along with other issues. Sramana Mitra: Don, let’s start with introducing our audience to you as well as Infobright. Don DeLoach: I’m the President and CEO of Infobright. Infobright is a company that offers a purpose-built platform for storing

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Building a Fat Startup: Apptio CEO Sunny Gupta (Part 5)

Posted on Monday, Jun 9th 2014

Sramana Mitra: Your point is well-taken but you have to be able to afford it. You’re starting with a $7 million Series A. Not all entrepreneurs have the luxury of starting with a $7 million Series A. Sunny Gupta: I understand. I have myself been there when I started, which was literally two years prior

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