Outsourcing: LN Balaji, President of ITC Infotech (Part 1)

Bangalore-based ITC Infotech is one of the leading outsourcing companies in India. A fully owned subsidiary of ITC Limited, ITC Infotech has wholly owned subsidiaries of its own in the United States and the United Kingdom. This 11-year-old IT services business serves 140 countries and has delivery hubs in Bangalore and Calcutta. Sramana Mitra: Hi, Balaji.

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Outsourcing: Jason Beans, Founder and CEO of Rising Medical Solutions (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: When you look around in the healthcare IT space, what do you see in the landscape that is competitive to you, that you’re going to have to be aware of and counter? Jason Beans: I see that it is very competitive. A lot of people trying to solve the same problems as I am.

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: Agiliance, San Jose, California

It’s that time of year again: Inc. Magazine has published its 500|5000 list. Arguably, a company that Inc. ranks third in its industry (software), first in its region (San Jose) and 39th overall has some bragging rights. It doesn’t hurt to have a three-year growth rate of 4,909% and revenues in excess of $6 million, either. But

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What’s Next For Salesforce.com?

SaaS customer relationship management (CRM) vendors Salesforce.com and RightNow recently reported second quarter results that beat estimates. Salesforce.com has been on an acquisition spree, acquiring eight companies over the year. What will be its next move? Let’s take a closer look.

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: Cellit, Chicago, Illinois

With the advent of smart phones, the mobile marketplace has grown by leaps and bounds. People send emails, make purchases, or update their Facebook statuses with their cell phones as much as if not more than they use them to make phone calls. Today’s consumers are  more mobile than ever before, and reaching them is

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Bootstrapping From Arizona To 36 Million Dollar Series A Valuation And Silicon Valley Venture Capital: Infusionsoft CEO Clate Mask (Part 7)

Sramana: We have a lot of entrepreneurs who are building companies outside of Silicon Valley. Summarizing your experience as an entrepreneur outside the Valley, you bootstrapped your company to the point of solid revenues and did late-stage financing with Silicon Valley investors. Clate Mask: Exactly. We were able to get enough traction such that when

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Bootstrapping From Arizona To 36 Million Dollar Series A Valuation And Silicon Valley Venture Capital: Infusionsoft CEO Clate Mask (Part 6)

Sramana: What was raising your first venture round like? Clate Mask: First, we developed our long-term strategy. We decided to build an integrated marketing and sales system that small businesses could use to grow their businesses quickly. We raised a small angel investment [round] in 2007, where we took on $500,000 as debt that we

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Bootstrapping From Arizona To 36 Million Dollar Series A Valuation And Silicon Valley Venture Capital: Infusionsoft CEO Clate Mask (Part 4)

Sramana: When you first started your PPC campaign, what was the lay of the land? What was your assessment of available keywords that were affordable for you to advertise with? Clate Mask: This was before the days of Google AdWords. Overture had a search term suggestion tool, and it was fascinating to see the number

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