Thought Leaders in Big Data: Charlie Lougheed, Co-Founder and President of Explorys (Part 4)

Charlie Lougheed: There’s a mix of different vendors in the space. There are those that are pure play technology vendors—the IBMs and the Oracles of the world that often purchase technology and then configure and deploy it to run, oftentimes, behind the firewalls within these organizations. Another component from the competitor standpoint is actually some of the payers

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Disrupting the Floral E-Commerce Industry: Farbod Shoraka, CEO of BloomNation (Part 2)

Sramana: Where were you when you made the decision to strike out on your own and start a company? Farbod Shoraka: I started out in Los Angeles. Once I realized there was a problem, I wanted to validate it, so I started walking around and talking to various florists. I just started talking to them

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Bootstrapping a Bulk Book E-Commerce Business: BookPal CEO Tony DiCostanzo (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: After you sold the healthcare business? Tony DiCostanzo: Yes. I didn’t think of the book company as having a big potential because at that time, it was limited to probably about 20 different books that we sold consistently. Some of those books were from different publishers, but I didn’t really represent all the other books

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Thursday, Aug. 7 – 225th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 225th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, August 7, 2014, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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There are, really, two Silicon Valleys. One, that has a rollicking social life, lots of parties, lots of fun. The second, however, is a relatively tame world where entrepreneurs put their heads down and work. 16 hour days. Juggling large To Do Lists with small teams and limited resources.

Thought Leaders in Big Data: Charlie Lougheed, Co-Founder and President of Explorys (Part 3)

Charlie Lougheed: As these healthcare organizations look to those who pay for the care, which are either the private insurers or Medicare, you see a move towards value-based care. Rather than paying for all the associated services with that patient’s admission into the hospital, you instead get a flat rate for that patient to take

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