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Are There Still Startup Opportunities in Big Data?

Posted on Thursday, Nov 10th 2016
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Scaling a Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery Business in Silicon Valley: Axcient CEO Justin Moore (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Nov 10th 2016

Sramana Mitra: We’re now in 2006? Justin Moore: Yes. Sramana Mitra: What did you do next? Justin Moore: We started thinking conceptually about Ancient in 2006 and started investing seriously in 2007 and all of 2008. I took a bit of time quite frankly. I moved from the Peninsula up to San Francisco. I was

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329th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Nov 10th 2016

Today’s 329th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, November 10, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

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329th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Posted on Thursday, Nov 10th 2016

Today’s 329th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, November 10, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

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The Future: An Age of Idiocracy

Posted on Thursday, Nov 10th 2016

America has elected Donald Trump as President. We have entered the age of idiocracy. There will be more populist candidates both from the left and the right.

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Answers to Some Frequently Asked Questions About Accelerators

Posted on Thursday, Nov 10th 2016

As I’ve written about extensively, there is a very real knowledge gap on both sides of the early stage start-up game. First-time entrepreneurs lack the seasoning to steer through turbulent waters. Inexperienced friends and family (and, increasingly, crowdsourced investors) lack the ability to gauge the viability of a business, or to mentor naïve entrepreneurs. I’ve

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Scaling a Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery Business in Silicon Valley: Axcient CEO Justin Moore (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Nov 9th 2016

Sramana Mitra: You bootstrapped? Justin Moore: Yes, we convinced the original equipment manufacturers to give us engineers. The logic I used with them was, “You’re not going to get your maintenance renewals on the equipment that you sold. That’s some of your highest margins. If we can get this deployed and get your full renewal

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Scaling a Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery Business in Silicon Valley: Axcient CEO Justin Moore (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Nov 8th 2016

Sramana Mitra: How long did you persist in your first effort? Justin Moore: It was probably about a year and a half. While I was at school, it started consuming more and more of my time. Instead of doing homework, I was working on a company. That was when I decided to stop. Sramana Mitra:

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