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Building a Big Data Venture: Hiro Yoshikawa, CEO of Treasure Data (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: As an anecdote, I was at MIT in the mid 90’s. Richard Stallman was there. He was one of the first advocates of open source. This was 10 years before the timeframe that you’re talking about. Hiro Yoshikawa: That’s true. I could likely become the firsthand witness that Linux took to mainstream. 15

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Thursday, December 22 – 333rd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 332nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, December 22, 2016, 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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Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Markus Jakobsson, Chief Scientist of Agari (Part 1)

The recent phishing fiasco involving Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta hoodwinked even the IT staff of the campaign. It goes on to show how vulnerable traditional security systems can be to advanced attacks. This interview tackles some of the current developments in email fraud prevention and related topics. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing

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Building a Big Data Venture: Hiro Yoshikawa, CEO of Treasure Data (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. A very interesting story of a big data infrastructure management startup. 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? Hiro Yoshikawa: I am a native Japanese. I was

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Catching Up On Readings: Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Tech Predictions for 2017

This feature from Forbes looks at the highlights of The Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017 which include artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, digital twins, Blockchain, Mesh App and Service Architecture, adaptive security  architecture, and intelligent apps and things. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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