Hero banner

categories

HOT TOPICS

Blog » Archive for March, 2015

Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Luke Schneider, CEO of Silvercar (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Mar 4th 2015

Luke Schneider: The whole point behind this company and why it’s relevant specifically to the Internet of Things is that personal transportation is not your toaster talking to your coffee maker. This is actually you getting access to a vital utility you need as a human being on Earth in 2015. You need cars for

Read Full Article »

Hacker News
() Comments

Featured Videos

Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Luke Schneider, CEO of Silvercar (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 3rd 2015

Sramana Mitra: You have described the user experience from the consumer’s point of view. Can you explain the engineering of this? What’s going on where? Luke Schneider: What seems simple on the surface is complex on the inside. It required us to solve a lot of problems. One of the reasons why we chose Audi

Read Full Article »

Hacker News
() Comments

Building a Cool Technology Company from Chicago: Narrative Science CEO Stuart Frankel (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 3rd 2015

Sramana Mitra: Where is the position? This is not in Cincinnati, right? Stuart Frankel: It was in Chicago. I had met a woman who I’m married to now. She was originally from New York. She was living in Cincinnati as well. We were also figuring out, from a life standpoint, where we wanted to be.

Read Full Article »

Hacker News
() Comments

Thursday, March 5 – 251st 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 3rd 2015

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 251st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 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

Read Full Article »

Hacker News
() Comments

Unicorn in the Making: Avi Steinlauf, CEO of Edmunds.com (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 3rd 2015

Sramana Mitra: So you’re not a founder of Edmunds? Avi Steinlauf: I’ll tell you a little bit about the history of Edmunds. I think you’ll see it interwoven with some of the things that I’ve mentioned earlier. Edmunds is a majority-owned family business. It’s my family. My father, Peter Steinlauf, who is our active Chairman, was a

Read Full Article »

Hacker News
() Comments

Building a Cool Technology Company from Chicago: Narrative Science CEO Stuart Frankel (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Mar 2nd 2015

Some of what you’ll read in this interview will seem like science fiction. But please read on! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised, and in what kind of circumstances? Stuart Frankel: I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. I was

Read Full Article »

Hacker News
() Comments

Unicorn in the Making: Avi Steinlauf, CEO of Edmunds.com (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Mar 2nd 2015

As you may know, we just launched a book called Billion Dollar Companies profiling the journeys of entrepreneurs building massive businesses. Edmunds.com may just be another unicorn. Sramana Mitra: Where does your journey begin? Where are you from? Where were you raised and in what kind of circumstances? Avi Steinlauf: Originally, I was born in

Read Full Article »

Hacker News
() Comments

Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Luke Schneider, CEO of Silvercar (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Mar 2nd 2015

This is a discussion with Luke Schneider, the former CTO of Zipcar, on the future of transportation, and how IoT will be playing into that universe. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with some introduction about Silvercar as well as yourself. Luke Schneider: I’m the CEO of Silvercar. Silvercar is about three years old now. We were

Read Full Article »

Hacker News
() Comments