Pandora Must Deal With Increasingly Sophisticated Competition

According to researchers, 63% of IPOs that came out this year are now trading below their list price. But despite the weak performance, overall the IPOs were still better than the S&P 500 Index. Year to date, the S&P 500 Index is down 11.5% compared with 6.5% reduction faced by the IPOs. Pandora, the online radio

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: The Move To Cut Costs

In the past year or so, the Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing (TLCC) series has hosted conversations with some of the top thinkers in our industry. It has become abundantly clear based on these discussions that cloud computing has graduated from hype to a significant driver of cost savings.

How To Build A Strong IP Portfolio: rPost CEO Zafar Khan (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Zafar Khan is the founder and chief executive officer of rPost, a company that provides registered email services. His previous experience includes has strategy consulting and finance jobs with Braxton Associates/Deloitte Consulting and Goldman Sachs. Khan has invented two U.S. patents, holds a bachelor of arts

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Jim Stikeleather, Chief Innovation Officer, Dell (Part 1)

Sramana Mitra:  Hi, Jim. Welcome to the Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing series. To better understand the scope of the IT infrastructure you are running for Dell, would you talk a bit about this before we get into cloud computing in more depth? Jim Stikeleather:  Hi, thank you. To introduce myself, I am the chief innovation

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September 22: FREE Online 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to pitch their businesses or attend this FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, September 22, 2011, starting at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details here and register here. We hope you will join us and invite some friends, all are welcome!

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2011: QuadMo Solutions, Bangalore, India

Rewards programs have been around for a long time. Gartner reports that systems that leverage social and mobile concepts have seen rapid growth recently, and increasing global adoption of employee recognition systems is expected over the next three to five years.

iPhone 5 Should Give Verizon An Edge

The iPhone was released on Verizon in February this year. However, since it was not a new model, it was not as much a success as it was expected to be. With the iPhone 5 to be released soon, a huge spurt in sales is expected at Verizon, the No.1 wireless carrier. In the meantime,

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Using Facebook For Lead Generation: Underground Elephant CEO Jason Kulpa (Part 7)

Sramana: Where is Underground Elephant today? What is your revenue level, and what kind of growth rate are you seeing? Jason Kulpa: We are growing very fast. We project to do $25 million in revenue this year which is up from $9 million last year and $2 million the first year. We are growing very

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