224th Roundtable Recording On July 31

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Disrupting the Floral E-Commerce Industry: Farbod Shoraka, CEO of BloomNation (Part 1)

You must have heard of 1-800-Flowers. Did you know that the company takes 50% of the order value, while the local florists fulfill the orders? That’s a hefty customer acquisition cost. Read how Farbod Shoraka and his co-founders are disrupting the industry. Sramana: Farbod, let’s start by learning a bit about you. Where are you

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Bootstrapping a Bulk Book E-Commerce Business: BookPal CEO Tony DiCostanzo (Part 2)

Tony DiCostanzo: We engaged a professor out of Stanford who had developed some studies documenting a return on investment for companies that implemented this wellness program. We were able to take that and develop a new company without all of the baggage that the other firm had. That was the first personal foray into entrepreneurship

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Charlie Lougheed, Co-Founder and President of Explorys (Part 2)

Charlie Lougheed: We formed Explorys in 2009 when we met Dr. Anil Jain, a physician at the Cleveland clinic. Anil was not just a clinician, but he was also responsible for their e-research initiatives around leveraging electronic data and EMR. Some of the things that he and his team had invented really inspired us to

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Disrupting Cloud-Based Recruiting: SmartRecruiters CEO Jerome Ternynck (Part 7)

Sramana: It sounds like your recruiting marketplace is a key differentiator for you. Jerome Ternynck: The store is becoming a very interesting community. We have reviews, sharing of reviews, and cross-customer analytics. For example, if you want to find a designer in San Francisco, we can easily tell you where the best places to advertise

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Bootstrapping a Bulk Book E-Commerce Business: BookPal CEO Tony DiCostanzo (Part 1)

Tony has identified a gap in the book business and built a thriving company. Let’s learn the how, what, and why of it. Sramana Mitra: Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? Tony DiCostanzo: I was born in Anchorage, Alaska. Shortly after turning two, I moved

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Charlie Lougheed, Co-Founder and President of Explorys (Part 1)

In our review of various Big Data players working on vertical apps, this time, we bring you a Healthcare IT story. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with some introductions. Please talk a little bit about yourself as well as Explorys. Charlie Lougheed: Explorys is my third company. I was in my mid-teens when I started my

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Thursday, August 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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