Learning From Failures: IMVU Founder Will Harvey (Part 2)

SM: Electronic Arts sold your program and you were getting royalties at fifteen. Did you continue with your studies, or did you become a developer and start writing games and programs?

WH: Both. I did continue my studies. I went to Stanford for my undergrad and stayed there through the time I was able to get my PhD in computer science. >>>

1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs On Thursday, August 5

For entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, finance, and all aspects of a startup venture, this FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable will be held this Thursday, August 5, 2010, starting at: 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST. We hope you will join us and let other entrepreneurs know. You can find more details and register here.

iPhone Beneficiaries Qualcomm And Broadcom

Chipmakers Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) recently reported their quarterly results. While Broadcom posted record sales on strong demand for electronic devices such as the iPad and iPhone, Qualcomm benefitted from the global growth in 3G. Let’s take a closer look. >>>

Learning From Failures: IMVU Founder Will Harvey (Part 1)

Will Harvey is a serial entrepreneur who began writing software at a very early age. He wrote Music Construction Set, which was the first music sheet editor for personal computers, when he was fifteen. In 1995, he founded Sandcastle. In 1998, he founded There, Inc., which was a virtual 3-D social world. He founded his second virtual world, IMVU, in 2003. He has also been associated with a series of video games, many of which have been published by Electronic Arts. He earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in computer science from Stanford University.

SM: Will, where are you from and what is the beginning of your personal story?

WH: I am a California native. The sequence of events that led to IMVU began when I was a high school student and wrote one of the first products for Electronic Arts. It was the first music sheet editor for personal computers. >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Pat Toole, CIO Of IBM (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest authors Pablo Chacin and Saurabh Mallik

SM: Yes, and what you just said applies also to small for-profit businesses. If you look at the numbers, in the United States there are about 28 million small businesses. About 22 million have no employees; these are mom-and-pop small businesses, and there are about 5 million to 6 million businesses that have fewer than 20 employees. In the small business category the level of IT expertise is incredibly low, and these are people who, for decades, have been left out of the technology availability or technology adoption cycle. With the advent of cloud computing and different service and delivery models, these firms can access information technology. So, what you said about nonprofits applies to the small business universe as well, right? >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing

The first interview in my new series, Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing, is with Pat Toole of IBM. Click on the full article to read the rest of this week’s posts. >>>

1M/1M: Local E-business Joins Global Effort To Boost Economy

Cassandra Feliciano writes about 1M/1M in her recent article, Local e-business joins global effort to boost economy, for the Los Altos Town Crier. You can read the entire article here.

Sramana Mitra also recently discussed 1M/1M and Innovation: Need Of The Hour with Barry Moltz on Business Insanity Talk Radio. You can listen to the interview here.

Can You Do It All? Eventbrite Cofounder And Mother Julia Hartz (Part 11)

SM: Childcare is a major item in one’s monthly budget. People do have to think of it, because for most aspiring entrepreneurs, or indeed anyone who works, it is a huge issue.

JH: To have your own company, and to be the solo leader of that company, while at the same time having a family and a happy marriage is nearly impossible. I don’t want to concede. >>>