Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Tom Hogan, CEO of Kony (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: That is actually a segue into the kinds of opportunities out there that are open problems. It’s one thing for corporations to try to innovate and come up with new ideas and processes using all these technologies. It’s also that same activity and ideation process that is going on the entrepreneur side. I think

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Unicorn in The Making: Ross Mason, Founder of MuleSoft (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: During this period when you had a lot of users and you didn’t have the model figured out, what experiments did you run to get to the heart of that issue—because the whole business is predicated upon that? Ross Mason: No one has ever asked me that question and it’s a great question. I

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Eldad Farkash, CTO of Sisense (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: There is one area that I think still has some openings. Some of this is very large opportunities but a lot of it is also small to mid-scale opportunities of these vertical solutions that take advantage of the more mature infrastructure layer underneath. But then, you need a serious amount of domain knowledge on

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Tom Hogan, CEO of Kony (Part 5)

Tom Hogan: I was with our clients last week and have had multiple conversations like this in the last two months where they’re waking up and saying, “I better go figure this out. Forget about how to do it. First, we’ve got to figure out what we need to deliver and enable before we figure

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Unicorn in The Making: Ross Mason, Founder of MuleSoft (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Ann actually told me that the person who first mentioned MuleSoft to her was an industry analyst from the banking sector who had heard that several banks were using MuleSoft. He told her about you and that’s when she started investigating and liked what she saw. Ross Mason: I’m actually trying to remember

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This Is How to Create Wealth for the Middle Class

The world is becoming a more unequal place everyday. The concentration of wealth at the tip of the economic pyramid is increasing. The Economist recently did a piece on the subject: A NEW paper by Emmanuel Saez of the University of California, Berkeley, and Gabriel Zucman of the London School of Economics suggests that, in

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Eldad Farkash, CTO of Sisense (Part 3)

Eldad Farkash: Another trend would be regarding the sources of data. Today, we’re just starting to grasp the value of data. What’s missing is more sources. When I say more sources, I’m not talking about the conventional databases. I’m talking about machines and environment. Blending this data into what we do on databases has tremendous impact.

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Predicting the Success of Design Driven Startups

By Guest Author Soren Petersen In stark contrast to previous decades, starting a new venture can be accomplished on a shoestring budget. This is due to the diminishing cost of information and tools combined with the relatively high value of knowledge, skills, and experience that founders bring to the equation. Bootstrapping is now often possible

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