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Facebook Should Put More Emphasis on Workplace

Posted on Friday, Apr 26th 2019

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) continues to have a tough year with users, media and regulatory authorities continuing to question the company’s privacy policies. Earlier this month, Facebook admitted that it had mishandled millions of users’ passwords for Instagram. Another article revealed how it inadvertently harvested email contacts from 1.5 million new users since May 2016. Facebook’s

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Building a New Insurance Company From Scratch: Clearcover CEO Kyle Nakatsuji (Part 2)

Posted on Friday, Apr 26th 2019

Sramana Mitra: What year does that bring us up to? Kyle Nakatsuji: Now, it’s 2012. I’ve finished both of the degree programs and I’m looking for a job. I ended up getting a job as an attorney. I was working at a firm that exclusively did tech startup work. I didn’t think I was going

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Best of Bootstrapping: Seed Investors Who Like Bootstrapped Businesses

Posted on Friday, Apr 26th 2019

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. I would like to encourage bootstrapping entrepreneurs to start thinking about certain investors as bootstrapping partners. These investors, typically, LIKE capital efficient businesses. They do not want to force feed capital into companies, unlike certain larger funds. Their fund sizes

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Life Image CEO Matthew Michela (Part 2)

Posted on Thursday, Apr 25th 2019

Sramana Mitra: My next question is going to be about what trends are you seeing. How are your customers using data? Obviously you have a very rich dataset in your ecosystem. What are some unique and interesting visionary ways that data is being used and interesting applications of it being developed on top of that

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Cloud Stocks: What Should SAP Acquire to Triple its Value by 2023?

Posted on Thursday, Apr 25th 2019

During the last quarter, ERP giant SAP (NYSE: SAP) has been in the news on account of the large scale restructuring and management reshuffle announcements. Despite the departures, the company continues to invest in cloud, AI, and IoT technologies as it targets to more than double its value by 2023.

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Building a New Insurance Company From Scratch: Clearcover CEO Kyle Nakatsuji (Part 1)

Posted on Thursday, Apr 25th 2019

The insurance industry is archaic and offers much room for re-engineering. Kyle discusses how he is going about it. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background? Kyle Nakatsuji: I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I was born

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Life Image CEO Matthew Michela (Part 1)

Posted on Wednesday, Apr 24th 2019

An in-depth conversation on the stage of data in the medical world. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as Life Image. Matthew Michela: I’m the President and CEO of Life Image. Life Image is a medical evidence-based technology platform that services a wide variety of healthcare entities and partners

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Segment.io Joins the Club, What Next?

Posted on Wednesday, Apr 24th 2019

According to Market Research Future, the global customer analytics market is expected to grow 15% annually to $7.3 billion by 2023. Recently, San Francisco-based Segment.io announced its seventh funding round that enrolled it into the Billion Dollar Unicorn club.

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