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Sramana Mitra: The State of Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley | Sramana Mitra
About Sramana Mitra Sramana Mitra is the founder and CEO of One-Million-By-One-Million, an organization committed to helping one million entrepreneurs reach one million dollars in revenue. She is also the author of numerous books including: Billion Dollar Unicorns, Bootstrapping With A Paycheck, Carnival In The Cloud and From eCommerce To Web 3.0. In 2015,…
The Success Behind Steiner Sports | Brandon Steiner
About Brandon Steiner Brandon Steiner is grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he began working at a young age to help provide enough food for the family. Despite his economic situation in life he went on to create a Steiner Sports, a $50 million sports marketing and memorabilia company. Brandon’s success can be…
Charles Vogl – The Art of Community
About Charles Vogl An author and executive consultant, Charles Vogl helps leaders in technology, finance, media, government, and social good organizations become more effective in creating meaningful change. Using principles drawn from more than 3000 years of community and spiritual tradition, he teaches others how to inspire powerful connections in critical relationships, in order…
IoT and Embedded Systems | Rajesh Subramaniam
About Rajesh Subramaniam As Founder and CEO, Rajesh has led embedUR systems through a decade of profitability and successive growth averaging 35% per year, and has built a loyal customer base among F500 Network and Telecom equipment providers. With a Masters in Electrical Engineering from University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and an unrelenting determination, Rajesh rose…
Unlocking The Ivory Tower | Eric Ball
About Eric Ball Eric Ball is a technology finance professional, investor, and board member. He currently serves as General Partner for Impact Venture Capital, which has made several technology investments. He also chairs the Audit Committee at Glu Mobile, a publicly-traded leader in 3D freemium mobile gaming. Until May 2016, Eric was Chief Financial…
Defining A Meaningful Life | Howard Getson
About Howard Getson Howard Getson is the founder and CEO of Capitalogix, an AI trading systems company that essentially provides its users a “hedge-fund-in-a-box.” Prior to forming Capitalogix, Howard had an active corporate legal practice which he worked in from 1987 to 1993. Howard has a passion for helping people define purpose in their…
Economics Today: North Korea, China and South-East Asia | Richard Dasher
About Richard Dasher Richard Dasher has been Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center since 1994 and, concurrently, Executive Director of the Center for Integrated Systems since 1998. His research and teaching focus on innovation systems and the impact of new technologies on industry structure and dynamics. Dr. Dasher serves on selection and review…
What Does It Take to Build a Company?
What Does It Take to Build a Company? The world is full of people who want to get rich. At the same time, there are a lot fewer people who have actually achieved that goal. Perhaps for many on the outside looking in, it would seem logical that most of the world’s wealthiest people got…
How Important Are Relationships in Business?
How Important Are Relationships in Business? What makes a great leader? There are several answers to this question and it really depends on whom you ask. I meet with many great business leaders and while they often identify many of the same qualities of great leadership no two answers are exactly the same. It usually…
Using Technology To Improve Business Outcomes
Using Technology To Improve Business Outcomes Just about everyone loves technology. Technology is designed to make things better. Whether it’s a computer, a coffee maker, a washer and dryer, a smartphone or a smart car, technology is constantly changing and improving. The very purpose of technology is to make something easier or better than the…
How to Make Your Nonprofit Vision Happen
How to Make Your Nonprofit Vision Happen Many high-net-worth individuals come to the realization that they want to do something good and noble with their money. They understand that they are fortunate to be in their particular circumstances and they want to give something back. There are many ways to do this, from donating money…
Best Luxury Hotels in America
Best Luxury Hotels in America Luxury Hotels If you’re like most people then you love to get away from time-to-time and check out exotic locations all over the world. There’s nothing quite like a relaxing vacation where you can leave all your worries behind for a few days and get in touch with your lazy…
Is Repealing Obamacare for the Better or Worse?
Is Repealing Obamacare for the Better or Worse? Since the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) became law, many have decried its terms and conditions, as well as how it negatively affects so many Americans and business owners. Republican lawmakers have tried unsuccessfully to repeal it since its inception. However, that could all be about to…
The Path to Successful Entrepreneurship
The Path to Successful Entrepreneurship The road to becoming a successful entrepreneur is often long and tedious, full of trial and error and setbacks. However, for those who are able to persevere and overcome those setbacks, the rewards can be significant. The world is full of people who dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Some of…
How Full-Stack Automation Can Help Your Business
How Full-Stack Automation Can Help Your Business Are you in the cloud? If you think that refers to someone who isn’t quite in touch with reality then you need a vocabulary refresher. These days, it’s a good thing to be in the cloud and just about everyone is headed there. From large-scale businesses to an…
Will There Ever Be a Colony on Mars?
Will There Ever Be a Colony on Mars? Whether or not you believe in Martians or life on Mars, there is a growing movement of people here on earth that wants to pursue, at very least, space travel to the Red Planet, and in some cases an actual community of Mars-dwellers. While, living on Mars…
Who will be the Next Elon Musk?
Who will be the Next Elon Musk? Everyone has heroes, for some, it’s Elon Musk. Truth is, we’ve all dreamed of becoming the next “great…” at some point in our lives. If you love basketball, then you’ve undoubtedly dreamed of becoming the next Michael Jordan at least once in your lifetime. If you live in…
The Facebook Approach to Hiring
The Facebook Approach to Hiring When you’re looking for someone to do some kind of service for you, whether it’s building a house, repairing a car, filing your taxes, or even fixing a broken a pipe, in most cases you look for someone who has experience. So how important is the experience? In many situations,…
How Important Are Honesty and Integrity in Business?
How Important Are Honesty and Integrity in Business? Which attributes matter most in the business world? That is a difficult question to answer because there are so many important attributes that people, especially business leaders, need to have. However, one of the most important factors in any relationship, in business or life, is honesty, which…
How Do You Choose A Career?
How Do You Choose A Career? Most people have the mindset that they will someday choose a career and then follow that path and see where it takes them. However, in this day and age choosing a career is not very simple and many people end up on a road that they never expected to…