Forbes Column 2009: Reading Your Customers’ Minds

Baynote makes software that uses peer group data to drive sales. To find out more, read this week’s Forbes column, Reading Your Customers’ Minds.

Long Road From Cuba: Manny Medina, CEO of Terremark (Part 2)

SM: When did you start getting into the data center business?

MM: The more we got involved in the telecom hotels, the more in love I became with the data center business. All the folks who were renting space from us, such as Global Crossing, were operating data centers. Because of that I started learning the data center business. >>>

More Positioning Roundtables for Entrepreneurs

To help entrepreneurs develop their business ideas and answer their questions, Sramana Mitra is offering a series of free, online Positioning Roundtables.  Entrepreneurs can participate by computer or phone and there will be a live, interactive chat throughout the webinar.  The next events will take place on:

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8 am PT (11 am ET): Register here. >>>

Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Discussing Entrepreneurship and Positioning

Sramana shares her thoughts on entrepreneurship, creating jobs, finding money, and other factors important for success during her conversation with Phil Windley for ITConversations.  You can listen to the entire recording here. >>>

Storage Market Shrinks After 21 Years

According to a report published earlier this year by IDC, the $2.8 billion storage market, which includes technologies such as device management, replication, data protection, backup, and archiving, shrunk 5.2% over the year after 21 consecutive years of growth. EMC remained the market leader with 22% market share followed by Symantec with 19% and NetApp with 8%. >>>

Long Road From Cuba: Manny Medina, CEO of Terremark (Part 1)

SM: Manny, let’s start by talking about yourself. Where do you come from?

MM: I was born in Cuba and left in 1965, when I was 13. My parents left the Castro regime. We came to Miami, and I grew up and went to school here. I went to a junior college here, which is where I got my first interest in business. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Shoplet.com

Shoplet.com is an online store from which consumers and businesses can purchase office products. Shoplet was founded in 1994, when online purchasing for B2B products was almost non-existent. Founder Tony Ellison was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs who realized that it was a market with potential.  >>>

Making Serious Money From Casual Games: King.com CEO Riccardo Zacconi (Part 7)

SM: What else should I have asked you?

RZ: I would like to give you some reasons why I think we have a good model. I think that our model differs from other models in the casual gaming space, such as the download model or subscription models. >>>