Catching Up On Readings: Breakthrough Tech Investment

This Financial Times article carries Google Co-founder and CEO Larry Page’s views that there is not enough investment in breakthrough technologies that could change the lives of people. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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Aiming to Disrupt Consumer Credit: Al Goldstein, CEO of AvantCredit (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Is your offering for any kind of credit or is this for a specific kind of credit? Al Goldstein: We provide two products today in two markets where we operate in the US and the UK. Our first product is an installment loan product. This type of loan ranges from $1,000 to $20,000

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Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Rick Wilson, President of Miva Merchant (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: If you were to tell us what you’re seeing in your customer base, what are some of the big trends that you’re seeing right now? Rick Wilson: There are some broad industry trends that are fairly ubiquitous. Most online stores today are becoming multi-channel. They’re going to be selling through their own store,

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Building a Subscription E-Commerce Business from Switzerland: Samy Liechti, CEO of Blacksocks (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How did you get to these articles? Were you doing PR outreach to the press? Samy Liechti: We did a press release. At that time, we did that by fax. Then we put together a list of potential journalists. Then we had a little luck. By the time we launched, the Internet hype

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