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Taxi Magic Rebrands as Curb, Appoints Pat Lashinsky as New CEO
The DC-based Taxi Magic, which works with fleets across the country to improve taxi transport efficiency through technology, announced this morning that it has rebranded as Curb. The rebrand is an effort by the company to incorporate other ride options – on top of further improving the taxi experience –…
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Preparing to Plant your Acquisition
Acquisitions take root well when placed in companies that are prepared By Robert Sher Growing through acquisition is an enticing prospect for many mid-market companies. Indeed, about 5,300 transactions among businesses valued between $5M to $1B took place in 2010, according to Dealogic and Robert W. Baird & Co., with…
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How The FruitGuys Made it Through a Dot-com Bust
The dot-com bust really hit home for Chris Mittelstaedt at the end of a 16-hour day spent delivering fruit to offices himself, after having fired half his employees. He walked into his apartment in San Francisco to find his wife breast-feeding their twins (who were propped up on a nursing…
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Curt Carlson
Curt Carlson became President and CEO of SRI International in December 1998. Previously, he spent more than 20 years with Sarnoff Corporation, an SRI subsidiary that was fully integrated into SRI in 2011. Carlson is widely sought as a speaker and thought leader on innovation and global competitiveness. He advises…
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Chris Mittelstaedt is a Finalist for Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Entrepreneur of the Year”
Chris Mittelstaedt and The FruitGuys were just chosen as a finalist for the 2014 Entrepreneur of the year award by Entrepreneur magazine. If you feel so inclined please feel free to vote for FruitGuys and to share with your networks to get the word out. Here is the link to…
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First Data Announces Agreement to Acquire Gyft
ATLANTA – First Data, the global leader in payment technology and services solutions, has taken a key step to provide consumers with spending flexibility and help businesses grow through the acquisition of Gyft Inc., the Silicon Valley-based company that entered the $100 billion gift card market in 2012 and pioneered…
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Member David Traversi Speaks: When CEO Passion Ebbs, Discipline Is Required
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by a CEO, who was in the middle of a taxing M&A deal. He was feeling intense CEO fatigue and looked to his group for advice. David Traversi of Traversi Capital Advisors, shared his insights with this Alliance member. If you were…
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Member Praful Saklani Speaks: Technology in a Luddite’s Industry
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by a CEO in an industry with weak technology adoption and a history of poor employee retention. He was looking for strategies to differentiate himself from his competitors and better retain his sales force. Here’s what Praful Saklani, Co-Founder & CEO of…
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Member Pat Lashinsky Speaks: Hire Fresh Talent from Outside Your Industry to Drive Innovation
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by a CEO that was looking for ways to innovate in a commoditized market. He felt discouraged by the consumer perception that their industry’s products are “all the same” and wondered how he could find the right people to innovate his product…
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Member Lesley Stolz Speaks: Build a Shared Vision
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by a fellow Alliance member who plans to eventually sell their company and needs to own the critical technology it currently only licenses. However, as of now the IP owner won’t sell at a reasonable price. If you were in this situation,…
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Member Rick Martig Speaks: Get a Product Marketing VP
The Challenge: The case at hand was brought by a fellow Alliance member whose company’s product management efforts were stuck in research and needed to jumpstart marketing in a way that tied its R&D with market needs. If you were in this situation, what would you do? “Product marketing is…
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Nuevora Named Among the Hottest Big Data Startups of 2014
Why Nuevora is one of the 50: Nuevora has set its sights on one of Big Data’s early growth areas: marketing and customer engagement. Nuevora’s nBAAP (Big Data Analytics & Apps) Platform features purpose-built analytics apps based on best-practices-driven predictive algorithms. nBAAP is bBig Data startup Nuevora's engagement platformased on…
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Ekso Bionics Named ‘Leading Robotics Company’ by Healthcare Robotics
RICHMOND, Calif.—Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB:EKSO), a robotic exoskeleton company, today announced that it was featured in Robotics Business Review Industry Special Report 'Healthcare Robotics: 2014' that describes medical robotic exoskeletons as “probably the most exciting segment of the entire medical robotics market right now.” Donald Jones, Managing Director of…
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RTI Named Most Influential Industrial Internet of Things Company
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—— Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the Industrial Internet of Things communications platform company, announced that they were named “The Most Influential Industrial Internet of Things Company” in an independent market study conducted by Appinions and published in Forbes. Companies and fellow Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) members rounded out the most…
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5th Planet Games Says Yes to More Money
5th Planet Games, which makes free-to-play Facebook titles like Dawn of the Dragons and Clash of the Dragons, reported that it has raised its first round of outside funding in five years of existence — $3 million in growth capital from DCA Capital Partners and Moneta Ventures. In the Sacramento…
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Amy Hoopes Among Direct Marketing News’ 2014 “40 Under 40” Award Winners
Amy Hoopes, CMO & EVP of Global Sales for Wente Vineyards is among 40 accomplished marketers who have risen above a galère of amazing talent. Direct Marketing News has identified this group of young, standout marketers whose work has already left an indelible mark on their organizations, clients, and the…
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Regis McKenna
Regis McKenna founded his own high tech marketing firm, Regis McKenna, Inc., in Silicon Valley in 1970 after working in the marketing departments of two early semiconductor pioneering companies. McKenna is included in the San Jose Mercury News' Millennium 100 as one of the 100 people who made Silicon Valley…
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Erin Mendez
Erin Mendez has spent more than 25 years in the financial services industry. She was named President/CEO of Patelco Credit Union in 2013. Prior to joining Patelco, Mendez served as executive vice president and chief operating officer at the $9.7 billion SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Santa Ana. Earlier in her…
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Paul Witkay in Smart Business: “Ask Better Questions to Generate More Powerful Ideas”
I learned in college that there were a lot of people who had far higher IQs than myself. Somehow, I recognized that these people didn’t threaten my success but were actually great resources to help me learn faster and get things done more quickly and effectively. My subsequent career was…
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Baba Shiv
Stanford Professor Baba Shiv joined us for this Regional Alliance meeting. Baba's research expertise is in the area of neuroeconomics, with specific emphasis on the role of neural structures related to emotion and motivation in shaping decisions and experiences. His recent work examines the interplay of the brain’s “liking” and…
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Profile of Neil Shroff & Medtech Startup Isentio
Isentio has developed RipSeq, software that identifies bacteria, viruses and fungal infections. The company said it can do this within a few hours, more accurately and more cost effectively than alternatives, by applying powerful bioinformatics to facilitate analysis, interpretation and management of DNA sequencing data of pathogens from clinical samples.…
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Joe Budelli
Joe Budelli joined Propy as Chief Revenue Officer in 2020. Previously, as the Senior Vice President of Sales at ABBYY USA, Joe was responsible for customer development in Latin America, North America, Taiwan and Japan. Since he joined ABBYY in 2001, Joe held many positions of increasing responsibility at the…
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Gild Raises $13.5M Series B Funding
Gild, the startup that has built a service that helps companies find and hire software engineers, has closed on $13.5 million in a new round of funding. The new round, which is Gild’s Series B, brings the company’s total funding to around $27 million. The round was led by Menlo…
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Vertical Communications Announces Merger with Fulton Communications
Santa Clara, Calif., — Vertical Communications®, a leading provider of business communications software and solutions, announced that it has merged with Fulton Communications, a national systems integrator of voice, data and video communications technologies and one of the Inc. 5000 “fastest growing companies in North America.” The new combined company…
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Defying Gravity: Preparing for the Inevitable Downturn in Your Core Business
By Robert Sher Nearly every successful middle-market company eventually faces a swarm of competition. When their core business contracts, single-product companies can find themselves fighting for their lives. But the companies which plan highly-related diversifications before such downturns grow in good times and bad. Many middle-market companies have one core…
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Mentor Graphics Acquires Nimbic, Inc.
WILSONVILLE, Ore., — Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that it has acquired Nimbic, Inc., a leading provider of Maxwell- accurate, 3D full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation solutions. Nimbic’s high-performance high-end simulation capability and ability to accurately calculate complex electromagnetic fields will expand and strengthen Mentor’s chip-package-board simulation portfolio. “Nimbic’s…
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Russ Harrison
Alliance Director, Russ Harrison, joined us for this Regional Alliance meeting. During his 40+ year career, Russ has led both Fortune 100 and entrepreneurial organizations. Russ was one of the early employees at EDS with Ross Perot, the first CIO at McKesson, developed Bank of America’s international banking systems, and…
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Derek Lidow
Derek Lidow is widely-known as one of the world’s top experts on the electronics industry. His contributions range from patents to value chain applications for companies as diverse as Sony, Samsung, Philips, Goldman Sachs and IBM. Among his many accomplishments, Derek is a successful entrepreneur who built iSuppli, a leading…
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2 Alliance Members on the List of the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business
Congratulations to Alliance members Joy Chen, CEO of Yes To Inc. and Lisa Dyson, CEO of Kiverdi who were named to the 2014 list of the “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business!”
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Eddy Pintacsi
Eddy Pintacsi is the founder and owner of Aftermarket Performance Express (APEX), an online retail and wholesale business, in the automotive performance wheels industry. APEX produces their own line of performance automotive wheels and accessories. Prior to founding APEX, Eddy was a manager for Aftermarket Distributing Inc. Earlier in his…
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