Kevin Maney

Kevin Maney joined consulting and design firm VSA Partners in 2011 to build a practice that can marry business to big-think journalism in a way that helps both prosper. The first example of his collaboration with VSA is a book commissioned by IBM and co-authored by Maney and veteran tech journalists Steve Hamm and Jeff

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Can Technology Help Businesses To Get Ahead of the Game?

In less than two weeks, The Two-Second Advantage by Vivek Ranadivé and Kevin Maney will make its debut on bookshelves across the U.S. Below is an excerpt from the first chapter, Wayne Gretzky’s Brain in a Box. By guest authors, Vivek Ranadivé and Kevin Maney On March 28, 1955, Time magazine reported on a new generation of machinery

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Vivek Ranadivé

Vivek Ranadivé is an entrepreneur, technology visionary, author, philanthropist, and sports team owner recognized for his outside-the-box thinking. He has led the advancement and use of real-time technology in business operations and decision making, which earned him the nickname “Mr. Real Time” in technology circles. Vivek is dedicated to the belief that if you get

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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: VigLink, San Francisco, CA

VigLink is a content monetization company that helps publishers of all kinds earn money from content on their sites. The company’s core product provides automated link affiliation that secures commissions from existing outbound links on the publishers’ sites. The site experiences no visible changes or interference with its monetization efforts; however, when someone clicks through

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Four Steps To Building Real Entrepreneurship In Latin America: A Sobering Assessment From Vivek Wadhwa

By guest author Kirk Laughlin of Nearshore Americas Vivek Wadhwa, currently a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley, gives Latin America poor grades. The problem with Latin America’s startup culture is it is afraid of risk, says Wadhwa, one of the nation’s experts on tech entrepreneurship and someone who has nearly perfected the art of business-appropriate bluntness.

1M/1M: The Entrepreneurship Curriculum

I was talking to Apoorv Sharma of the Indian Angel Network this morning and he asked me some questions about the 1M/1M curriculum, which, as I answered them, seemed like questions that may be on other people’s minds as well. So here is an explanation of the 1M/1M curriculum:

1M/1M Private Lounge: Exclusive Access

Entrepreneurs, As promised, we are ready to unveil the 1M/1M Private Lounge to the blog readership. We have listened to your questions and requests, and in the private lounge, you will find a curriculum that includes video lectures, case studies, and pointers to the commonly experienced issues in early stage entrepreneurship. You will also find

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Positioning Discussed On BlogTalkRadio

Kenneth Darryl Brown and Sramana Mitra recently discussed her book Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market on BlogTalkRadio’s The Passionate Entrepreneur! You can listen to the entire interview here. Positioning by Sramana Mitra is available from Amazon.com and Flipkart.com.