Mark Yacano

Mark Yacano is executive vice president of Hudson Legal, where he leads the legal staffing and discovery solutions business in North America. Before joining Hudson, Mark founded the Discovery Solutions practice at Wright, Robinson, Osthimer and Tatum, one of the first law firms in the U.S. to develop a specialized document review and discovery practice.

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Kindra Tatarsky, Director of Operations, Golden Seeds (Part 3)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you have  membership dues for your angel members? Kindra: Yes. It ranges from $2,000 to $3,000. Irina: How many members do you have? Kindra: We have about 146 members. Irina: Who are your members, usually? Kindra: They range from CEOs of companies of various sizes

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Chenoa Farnsworth, Executive Director, Hawaii Angels (Part 5)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What else could angels do to improve their chances of success? Chenoa: My opinion is that every angel has something to bring to the party, and if they focus some energy and some of their own resources – not just money – with the companies, then

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Business Incubators: The Morpheus (Part 5)

By guest authors Praveen Karoshi and Prashant Sachdev Prashant: Let’s get into the details of the four-month program you mentioned earlier. Once you accept the company for the BAP, what are your next steps? Nandini: We do not follow a fixed curriculum. The engagement is customized and specific to each company. We spend an average

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Thought Leaders In Sales 2.0: Mark Roberge, VP Of Sales, HubSpot (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Sudhindra Chada Sramana: So, you put this website grader out, and you said that up to 2.5 million people are using it? Mark: Yes. SM: Help me understand how the process follows from there. What you do with these 2.5 million leads?

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Scott Martin, CIO Of Nonni’s Food Company (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini Sramana: What is your strategy in terms of managing this manual piece? Is it something you are outsourcing or something you are off-shoring? Scott: Right now, we are making it work manually with internal labor. As I said earlier, it is offsetting a lot of manual labor

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Chenoa Farnsworth, Executive Director, Hawaii Angels (Part 4)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you plan your exit strategies? Chenoa: We’re trying to be a little more aggressive about planning and trying to bring more M&A activity into the state. It’s hard; because we’re so isolated, the M&A activity is very slow. That’s something that we’re working on as

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Kindra Tatarsky, Director of Operations, Golden Seeds (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Could you elaborate on your deal flow? Kindra: Deal flow comes from a combination of reputation, member networks, and partnerships with local ecosystems, meaning other groups that are focused on entrepreneurship, especially women-oriented groups. Our companies themselves are a terrific source of deal flow. We focus

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