Video Interview with Demian Entrekin, Founder Innotas. Demian is the Founder of Innotas , an industry leading provider of PPM for IT. As founder and CEO from 1999 to 2006, Demian oversaw company vision, marketing, product development, sales and services for the company. After reaching cash flow positive and then raising venture capital in 2006, he took over the CTO role until 2008. Prior to Innotas, Demian co-founded Convoy Corporation and was Chief Architect of its product lines. In that role, he helped the company lead the middleware market with an annual growth rate of 670 percent. Convoy was acquired by New Era Networks in 1999. A recognized thought leader in Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software as a Service (SaaS), Demian has published numerous papers on PPM and his blog (PPM Today) explores current issues related to successful PPM implementation. You can find Demian on Twitter @dentrekin & his blog
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Emily Olson: Venture Sourcing Made Easy
Video Interview with Emily Olson, one of the co-founders of Foodzie , a passionate online community that celebrates good tasting, real food. Foodzie makes it simple for all food-lovers to have a connection to their food. She’s also an alum of the 2008 class of TechStars, an early stage tech incubator program based out of Boulder, CO. Previously to Foodzie, Emily worked for The Fresh Market, the third largest specialty food chain. She saw the flaws in the brick and mortar model for small food companies and believed that a marketplace online gave them the tools they needed to connect directly with customers and share the stories that make them unique. You can find Emily @ her blog This is Me, Em & Twitter @emilyolson
Emily Olson: Venture Sourcing Made Easy
Interview with Emily Olson, one of the co-founders of Foodzie , a passionate online community that celebrates good tasting, real food. Foodzie makes it simple for all food-lovers to have a connection to their food. She’s also an alum of the 2008 class of TechStars, an early stage tech incubator program based out of Boulder, CO. Previously to Foodzie, Emily worked for The Fresh Market, the third largest specialty food chain. She saw the flaws in the brick and mortar model for small food companies and believed that a marketplace online gave them the tools they needed to connect directly with customers and share the stories that make them unique. You can find Emily at her blog This is Me, Em and on Twitter @emilyolson