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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Lewis Hower, Executive Director, University Impact Fund (Part 1)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the thirty-first interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Lewis Hower, executive director of University Impact Fund, which bills itself as the first student-run social impact seed financing organization for entrepreneurs that intends to deliver a return to its investors.
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Dave McClure, Founder, 500 Startups (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many investments have you made? Dave: It’s a little hard to keep track at times, those deals are things that I’ve been working on since the beginning of the year, probably 43, maybe 44 in calendar year 2010. Although the fund’s only been operating for
Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Rajan Nagarajan, CIO, Mahindra Satyam (Part 1)
By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini In one of the most thought-stirring interviews with Rajan Nagarajan CIO, Mahindra Satyam, Sramana discusses cloud computing adoption from the point of view of large systems integrators such as Mahindra Satyam. In addition to talking about how big consulting companies are leveraging clouds, Sramana and Rajan have
Near Field Communication On The Verge Of Realizing Its Potential (Part 6)
By guest author Nalini Kumar Muppala NFC: Outlook For a new technology to gain a foothold, it needs to be mature and enable scenarios that improve the user’s work flow, lifestyle, or both. Consistency, ease of use and reliability are essential for a new technology to take off. Winning trust is essential when money is
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Dave McClure, Founder, 500 Startups (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Dave: I was fortunate to have folks like Reid Hoffman and other folks as mentors or guides. They gave me a few tips. I ended up doing some consulting for and also becoming an investor in Mint. That was one of the more notable investments that I’ve
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Ira Weiss, Hyde Park Angels (Part 8)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do any of the companies you mentioned have any interesting stories? Ira: The one that we’re hoping is going to be the most successful is a company called Avid, which hasn’t gone liquid, yet, so there’s not a lot of information out about it. What’s interesting
Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Steven Smith, President And CEO, Gcommerce Inc. (Part 7)
By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: What else is going on in the broader market right now? Is e-commerce is really starting to come alive again? I have seen some statistics; 20,000 e-commerce stores are coming online every week. My point is, whatever category you are a supplier or supplier group in,
Near Field Communication On The Verge Of Realizing Its Potential (Part 5)
By guest author Nalini Kumar Muppala NFC: Barriers to Adoption Diverse Ecosystem One of the barriers for successful adoption of NFC in phones has been the push and pull among ecosystem partners about the business models and direction. The vested interests of various players and their attempts to control where this plays out carry the
