Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Adriaan Van Wyk, CEO of K2 (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Does that position you in the integration layer? Adriaan van Wyck: It positions us in the layer right on top of the integration layer. If you think about the integration layer as being the concrete floors within a building, we are the hardwood floors that sit right on top of it.

Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Adriaan Van Wyk, CEO of K2 (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You said Kimberly-Clark has developed 400 applications in a year on top of your big data platform. Talk to us about what the platform consists of, what data sources they are drawing from and what the types of applications are. Adriaan van Wyck: Let’s talk about the role we play within the concept

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Adriaan Van Wyk, CEO of K2 (Part 1)

Adriaan van Wyk is the chief executive officer of K2, a company that helps business customers make sense of big data analytics in order to make business decisions. The company started off in South Africa and through the years managed to create a global footprint with partners in Europe, the U.S., and Asia. In this

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Bootstrapping Products With Services

Because it’s often so difficult for entrepreneurs to obtain seed funding for their startups, bootstrapping is one of the best methods to self-fund their projects. And offering a service is one of the best ways to go. This, by the way, remains a controversial point of view, and most industry observers will take the position

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Who Said Women Entrepreneurs Don’t Raise Venture Capital?

A blog post that I wrote on the subject in October 2010 still garners readership and discussions. Meanwhile, our 1M/1M virtual incubator continues to work with women entrepreneurs actively, and I am happy to report that women ARE starting up companies, and building interesting businesses ranging from healthcare IT to e-commerce, and everything in between.

Calling All Angel Investors

We are doing a retrospective on my blog on Seed Capital from Angel Investors as part of the 1M/1M project. As we speak with a variety of angels in different regions, what strikes me is the number of startups out there looking for seed capital.

Incubators: Can You Identify 10 Promising Entrepreneurs?

By guest author Irina Patterson Look around your incubator. Can you identify 10 promising entrepreneurs? Could you use 1M/1M to accelerate them? They will start with the 1M/1M curriculum. Get help with their positioning. They will be guided through customer validation and customer acquisition, get media exposure, and gain access to Silicon Valley decision makers.

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Numbers, Numbers, Who’s Got the Numbers?

By guest author Gerry Langeler from his e-book  “Take the Money and Run! An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital” A fundamental part of any startup’s business plan is the financial section, which details the economics of the enterprise. Venture capitalists often see plans where at least half the pages are taken up by spreadsheets showing everything from top

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