Bootstrapping Using Services from Ireland: Shane Evans, CEO of ScrapingHub (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What happens next in the story? Shane Evans: I was quite enjoying my time there. It turned into more of a big company. Once again, I found myself yearning for something that was a little bit different. I think it was late 2004 when I quit. During my time there, I had focused on

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Corporate Innovation Management: Changing the Culture

Most large organizations are facing the challenge of a workforce that’s gotten into a routine, a rhythm, and is not thinking outside the box. There is no excitement. There isn’t enough creative energy on a day-to-day basis, and there’s no methodology to inculcate such energy in a systematic way. I want to call out another

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Scott Zoldi, Chief Analyst Officer at FICO (Part 1)

Have you noticed that your credit card sometimes declines transactions or flags fraud alerts? This conversation will help you understand the backstory of that workflow and potentially trigger other ideas in that domain. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with introducing our audience to yourself as well as to FICO. Scott Zoldi: I’m the Chief Analyst Officer

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Bootstrapping Using Services from Ireland: Shane Evans, CEO of ScrapingHub (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Shane has built a 140-people virtual team-based business from Ireland. Very interesting view into a different part of the world. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2016: i-Human Patients, Sunnyvale, California

i-Human Patients, Inc. is a cloud-based e-learning company that is focused on rapidly developing and evaluating critical cognitive competencies in healthcare students and practitioners. Its main value proposition is that it simulates encounters with patients in order to teach users how to quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively assess and diagnose patients.

A Startup Idea to Leverage Good Writers

As someone who is a prolific writer, I happen to respect good writing. These days, however, writings skills are not generating much by way of compensation. Journalism, for instance, a profession that was a good livelihood generator for writers, is an imploding industry. Against that backdrop, here is a startup idea that could become a

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NASA Worldwide Hackathon

By Guest Author Soren Petersen Few organizations are as inspirational to millions around the world as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (NASA) From placing the first man on the moon, to the space shuttle program, the Hubble telescope and the Mars mission, reaching for the stars is a well-known mission of NASA. However, relatively

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Catching Up On Readings: Google I/O 2016

This feature from The Washington Post looks at the key announcements from Google at the annual Google I/O 2016 developer conference that was held in Moutain View, California last week. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.