Partner Events

The NYC Business Networking Group – July 13, 2010
The Sydney Business Networking Group – July 15, 2010
The NYC Business Networking Group – July 20, 2010
EngEx 2010, San Diego, CA – July 29-31, 2010

The NYC Business Networking Group – July 13, 2010
Join members of The NYC Business Networking Group (NYCBNG) for our upcoming Business Networking Event & Business Expo. Our networking mixer allows you to mingle freely to meet business professionals from a diverse group of industries and backgrounds. Stop by the tables of our 10 sponsor companies who will showcase their business-related products and services.
WHEN: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Pulse Restaurant & Bar Located at The Sports Club/LA at Rockefeller Center
COST: Free with RSVP through the website or $10/cash at door
RSVP HERE.
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World Cup Diary: Precision Wins

The game has changed. German speed and precision devastated Argentina. The latter team looked slow, haphazard, irritated, frustrated, and without direction, without strategy. Germany, on the other hand, is looking superb! With every game, they seem to improve, gain further confidence, and blossom. >>>

Rolling Up E-mail Security SaaS: Gary Steele, CEO Of Proofpoint (Part 3)

SM: Once you had a large enterprise willing to test the product for the first time, how did you handle the test?

GS: I put our engineering team on-site because I knew that they would find bugs. You can’t deploy new technology and not find bugs. >>>

World Cup Diary: Tango y Fútbol

Oh well, one Latin American team bowed out, while another made it to the semifinals after decades. Brazil, upset by the Dutch, goes home crying, while Uruguay, almost knocked out by the last-minute penalty, made it through. Suarez must be thanking his stars for using the hand of God to block Ghana’s last-minute attempt, now that Asamoah Gyan missed the ensuing penalty. All is fair in love and war, they say. They don’t talk about fútbol? >>>

Vision India 2020 Book Review: For All The Budding Entrepreneurs

Prith Banerjee is Senior Vice President of Research and Director of HP Labs, Hewlett Packard Company.  Here is his review of Vision India 2020 by Sramana Mitra:

“I read Vision India 2020 last month.  The book is commendable on two fronts.  Each of the business case studies Sramana introduces in her book constitutes a real business case for the Indian market – it clearly shows her business acumen and real understanding of the business opportunities in India in a wide range of disciplines.  Second, her writing style is very compelling, and she transitions so smoothly from the present of 2008/2010 to the future of 2020 in each chapter that I could not tell when she went from the reality to the fiction!  Very cleverly written.  I recommend the book to all the budding entrepreneurs in India, and all the budding entrepreneurs of Indian origin residing around the world who are dreaming of making an impact on their home country.”

Vision India 2020 by Sramana Mitra is available from Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle, from Flipkart in India, and from Smashwords.com in all e-book formats.

Google Enters Vertical Search With Travel

Something really major happened today. The New York Times reports: “Google has acquired ITA software, a 14-year-old company that makes software that organizes flight and pricing information, for $700 million in cash. ITA, based in Boston, specializes in organizing airline data, including flight times, seat availability and pricing.” >>>

Winner Of The Retweet Contest Announced

The randomly selected winner of the Retweet To Win Sramana Mitra’s EJ4 Innovation Book is Prabhat Kumar. Congratulations!

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: Reftree

By guest author Praveen Kumar

Reftree is a social network platform with interactive and collaborative Web solutions for enterprise customers. The company’s goal is to enable client organizations to build an interactive Web presence, including community building, which helps in connecting with all stakeholders – prospects, customers, employees, and well-wishers. Reftree provides an array of Web 2.0 applications for interactive marketing communication, recruitment, and knowledge sharing within the community. >>>