Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Philip Rooke, CEO of Spreadshirt (Part 1)

Philip runs Spreadshirt from Berlin, and discusses the trends in global e-commerce that he observes through his company. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with introducing our audience to yourself as well as Spreadshirt. Philip Rooke: I took over being the CEO of Spreadshirt about five or six years ago. Spreadshirt is an e-commerce platform that allows

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Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Conversica CEO Alex Terry (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: I would like to double-click down on that. Walk us through when a lead is being profiled by your engine, what kind of processing is happening? What parameters are being processed and how? Alex Terry: You mentioned Everstring. There’s a number of different tools that we’re very complementary with. By the way, a

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Dec. 10 – 286th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 286th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, December 10, 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

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Serial Entrepreneur from Alberta, Canada: Michael Sikorsky, CEO of Robots and Pencils (Part 1)

The story of a serial entrepreneur from an off-center place, this time Alberta, Canada. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal story. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Michael Sikorsky: I was born in Alberta, which is in Canada in 1972. I’m

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Catching Up On Readings: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016

This latest report from Gartner identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016 as the world witnesses the emergence of the digital mesh and digital businesses enabled by smart machines. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Conversica CEO Alex Terry (Part 2)

Alex Terry: It is really outstanding when you look at the change in the last 10 years in terms of how companies and individuals use marketing and sales. The third category we talk about is machine intelligence. That includes the trifecta of technologies that we leverage where we focus on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and

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Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Conversica CEO Alex Terry (Part 1)

The use of intelligent agents to automate various functions is an area that I am personally very interested in. This conversation dives into the specific area of Intelligent Sales Assistants. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with some introduction about Conversica and yourself. Alex Terry: I’m the CEO of Conversica. We’re a private equity and venture capital-backed

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Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Pat Donnellan, CEO of Lumeta (Part 3)

Pat Donnellan: In the UK, there is a directive issued by the Bank of England which stipulates that on an annual basis, each licensed financial service organization operating in the UK is subject to a cyber analytics audit where a live malware is injected into the network of the financial services organization. The audit was

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