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Vision India 2020: Oishi

Posted on Sunday, Jul 27th

During the dotcom heydays, two companies had caught my eye: online diamond jewelry retailer BlueNile and online gift retailer RedEnvelope.

Turning Around LeapFrog: CEO Jeff Katz (Part 7)

Posted on Wednesday, Nov 28th

SM: Even the kids are very connected these days. JK: I was fond of saying that for whatever reasons the memo of the Internet did not make it to the company in 1999. They had that failed effort and the management team was disenchanted. We had to get our products connected so that notion of

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Serial Entrepreneur Zack Rinat on Model N (Part 9)

Posted on Saturday, Nov 17th

SM: Where are you now in terms of size, market landscape, positioning? ZR: Model N right now is a leader in revenue management in the life sciences and semiconductor verticals. The life sciences market is a more complicated market. It is segmented into medical device and biotechnology. These are two distinct markets. The company has

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Cracking the Very Small Business Market: PayCycle CEO Jim Heeger (Part 12)

Posted on Friday, Oct 26th

SM: You may have to do some of that equity/liquidity swapping due to the structure of venture funds. JH: One of our funding sources may have to close out their fund, and in that case we will go find someone to help do that. In fact we just recently had a conversation about this amongst

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TeleWebSales: A Methodology Discussion with Anneke Seley (Part 13)

Posted on Tuesday, Oct 16th

SM: All of these things which we have discussed are a discipline in and of themselves. There are but a few people in the industry who understand this at the level and depth that we have discussed today. For companies who are coming up to speed, there is a lot of need right now because

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Web 3.0 & McClatchy (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Oct 5th

Conclusion McClatchy is in the business of publishing newspapers, which is in turmoil due to the falling advertising and circulation revenues, and McClatchy is a victim of that trend. Falling real estate, auto, jobs and personal advertisements have resulted in the sharp fall in vertical classified revenues. McClatchy is trying to recover. The key reasons

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Sharat Sharan’s On24: Lead Generation Through WebCasting (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 25th

SM. Where did you get the idea for your current venture? What is your domain experience in the segment? SS: When I joined ON24 in 1998, we had 2-3 people. We were using streaming audio and video but the business model had not been developed. I saw that as an opportunity because streaming was in

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Web 3.0 & IAC (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Sep 21st

Conclusion IAC has leadership positions in the Personals, and Local / Ticketing verticals. Through Expedia, it also has a great position in Travel. However, there are concerns with HSN Network, Lending Tree and Real Estate segments, though they are strong brands with competitive positioning. IAC holds more than 60 online properties and someone could easily

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