Bringing On WebEx 2.0: DimDim CEO DD Ganguly (Part 3)

SM: What did you do when the company was sold? Did you stay with it and work for CA?

DD: Yes, I stayed on and did some strategy stuff for CA. I then moved to India to start the India Technology Center. >>>

Book Out Sooner

Readers, Entrepreneur Journeys (Volume One) was originally due on Oct 1, but it looks like it will be ready sooner, on Sept 27. I believe Amazon has started shipping pre-orders, so if you have ordered already, you should be receiving your copy soon.

We have some nice editorial reviews, and would love to have as many of you as possible also write reviews on Amazon, your blogs, and/or here, as you read the book. If you write something and want to share it with the readers here, please email us.

And remember, I need all your help in spreading the message of entrepreneurship as a weapon of mass reconstruction, and offering a “reference guide” on how to be a successful entrepreneur, as broadly as possible.

Deal Radar 2008: IVT

Online Video is becoming a powerful business tool, spawning a significant number of innovative companies. My continued interest in the sector stems from the fact that I am very interested in seeing gratuitous business travel disappear. [See my Forbes column, Kill The Business Trip] On this installment of the Deal Radar, I will review IVT, focused on the booming Online Collaboration market. >>>

Bringing On WebEx 2.0: DimDim CEO DD Ganguly (Part 2)

SM: Let me make sure I have the facts right. How long did you work for him in his networking management consulting company?

DD: I worked for him for four and half years.

SM: Then you decided to start your company?

DD: No, I went to work for a subsidiary of Dow Jones for about a year and a half. Then I was able to start AIM. >>>

Deal Radar 2008: Sportgenic

Sportgenic is a San Francisco-based digital media and technology company that is focused on monetizing sports sites. The company, formerly named Active Athlete Media, was founded in 2005 by Robert Tas. Sportgenic has more than 350 publisher sites in its vertical ad network and 21 million unique users. The company was ranked the #2 sports entity on Comscore as of July 2008. In April 2008, the company was also recognized as the ‘Official Honoree’ for the twelfth annual Webby Awards. >>>

Bringing On WebEx 2.0: DimDim CEO DD Ganguly (Part 1)

DD Ganguly is the CEO of DimDim, a company which offers free online meeting platforms. He began his career as an entrepreneur by starting Advanced Internet Management, which was bought out by CA. He then served as the VP of Product Development at CA until founding DimDim. He studied computer science at IIT, Kharagpur and earned his master’s from Syracuse. >>>

Deal Radar 2008: Akoha

Akoha is an unusual gaming site where players must carry out missions in the real world in order to earn points. Missions may include inviting someone for coffee, giving a favorite book as a gift, or buying someone a meal, all in an attempt to share experiences with people and create a more meaningful world. Once missions are completed, players can pass on their points cards, and they can also track the cards to see how players have carried out the missions in the past. >>>

From English Prof to Tech Startup CEO: Steve Adams of Sabrix (Part 9)

SM: I actually think managed services are a trend the market has not quite started to understand. I think SaaS is going to start evolving towards a managed service powered by SaaS infrastructure. The reason for this is domain expertise.

SA: It is either industry expertise or some other form of domain expertise wrapped around the delivery method which will provide the next set of great opportunities for people in the SaaS space. >>>