Bootstrapping Using Services: Bay Dynamics Co-Founders Feris Rifai and Ryan Stolte (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Let me see if I got this. You had a bunch of partners and you were doing value-added type of work for these people? Ferris Rifai: It was not reselling. It was more services-focused. They would use us as an extension. Sramana Mitra: In that process of doing integration and consulting, it sounds

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Roundtable Recap: January 7 – Dynamic Beginning To 2016

During this week’s roundtable, we had several businesses with actual paying customers, which is absolutely terrific! Trademark Factory First up, Andrei Mincov from Vancouver, Canada, pitched Trademark Factory, a trademark search and filing site. Andrei has 300 paying customers, and is looking to grow the business to the next level.

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Pete Manca, CEO of Egenera (Part 1)

While Amazon dominates the public cloud platform market with AWS, and Microsoft is a distant second, emerging trends show that resellers and application developers are seeing alternatives. Read on for more… Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Egenera. Pete Manca: I’m the CEO at Egenera. Egenera is

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Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Brian Rigney, CEO of Zmags (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What does this do to the conversion rates? Do you have metrics on how it influences conversion? Brian Rigney: Beautiful question. It has dramatically helped their conversion rates. It has helped engagement as well. I’ll give you a couple of examples where it helped bring engagement up. From handbags, they saw a 50%

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288th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 288th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, January 7, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

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Today’s 288th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, January 7, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Bootstrapping Using Services: Bay Dynamics Co-Founders, Feris Rifai and Ryan Stolte (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What year did you start this consulting company? Ryan Stolte: 2001. Feris Rifai: Precisely on October 16, 2001. Sramana Mitra: You did analytics consulting. How long did you continue in this consulting mode? Ferris Rifai: When we first started, we started with consulting in analytics and, in parallel, information security and IT. What we saw

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Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Colin Sutherland, Co-Founder of Geotab (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Why did you pitch for Internet of Things story? Colin Sutherland: The product that we’re actually delivering is data. That’s where our entire industry is moving. The practical application of the data in reducing accidents and improving fuel economy is terrific. You can collect information and store that on the cloud. It is an asset

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