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Sramana Mitra

Sramana Mitra has been an entrepreneur and a strategy consultant in Silicon Valley since 1994. Her fields of experience span from hard core technology disciplines like semiconductors to sophisticated consumer marketing industries including fashion and education.

As an entrepreneur CEO, Sramana founded 3 companies: Dais, Intarka and Uuma. Two of these were acquired, while the third received an acquisition offer from Ralph Lauren which the company did not accept.

As strategy consultant, Sramana has consulted with over 70 companies, including public companies like SAP, Cadence Design Systems, Webex, KLA-Tencor and Tessera among others. Her work has also included numerous startups and VCs, and she played Interim VP Marketing roles for seven such ventures. Sramana has a proven track-record in turn-arounds for both small private companies (Example: think3) and divisions of larger companies (Example: a $100 Million Business Unit of Cadence). She has also created major growth strategies through new market penetration, M&A, Industry Roll-ups, etc.

Sramana has a Masters degree in EECS from MIT and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Economics from Smith College. She is on the Board of the MIT Club of Northern California's Entrepreneurship Program.

Visit her site: Sramana Mitra on Strategy

Sramana Mitra's new book, Entrepreneur Journeys (Volume One) can now be ordered from Amazon.

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Media Stocks: Disney, Time Warner
on Nov 20, 2008 about DIS, TWX
Nvidia Finally Wins Apple's Heart
on Nov 19, 2008 about NVDA
Online Travel: Priceline, Expedia, Orbitz
on Nov 18, 2008 about EXPE, PCLN, OWW
CEO Search At Yahoo! Commences
on Nov 18, 2008 about YHOO
SaaS Stocks: Concur, NetSuite and Taleo
on Nov 16, 2008 about TLEO, N, CCUR
Energy Recovery: Strong Buy
on Nov 14, 2008 about ERII
Semiconductor IP Stocks: ARM Holdings, InterDigital and Tessera
on Nov 13, 2008 about TSRA, IDCC, ARMH
Internet Stocks: WebMD, Shutterfly, Monster and Netflix
on Nov 12, 2008 about SFLY, MNST, NFLX
Internet Stocks: ZipRealty, Move and Blue Nile
on Nov 11, 2008 about ZIPR, MOVE, NILE
Qualcomm Quite Cheap
on Nov 09, 2008 about QCOM
Networking Stocks: Cisco and Juniper
on Nov 07, 2008 about JNPR, CSCO
SaaS: SuccessFactors, Citrix, Omniture and RightNow
on Nov 06, 2008 about CTXS, OMTR, RNOW
Deal Radar 2008: Wigix
on Nov 05, 2008 about EBAY, AMZN
Comcast Looks Strong
on Nov 05, 2008 about CMCSA
Cheap Chips: Texas Instruments, Broadcom and STMicroelectronics
on Nov 04, 2008 about STM, BRCM, TXI
Networking Stocks: Akamai, Level 3 and Polycom
on Nov 02, 2008 about LVLT, AKAM, PLCM
Strong Results From VMware and EMC Corp.
on Oct 31, 2008 about VMW, EMC
SAP Tightening Up
on Oct 30, 2008 about SAP
Outsourcers Cautious
on Oct 30, 2008 about SAY, WIT
Yahoo Fumbling Away
on Oct 29, 2008 about YHOO
Microsoft’s View Of Recession
on Oct 28, 2008 about MSFT
A Recession-Proof Corner of the Tech Sector ('Entrepreneur Journeys' Book Excerpt)
on Oct 26, 2008 about CNQR, ADP, CRM
Amazon: International Strategy?
on Oct 24, 2008 about AMZN
Nokia Slows
on Oct 24, 2008 about NOK
Apple Takes a Bite of Research In Motion
on Oct 23, 2008 about RIMM, AAPL
Sunpower Shines Bright
on Oct 21, 2008 about SPWR
IBM Unintimidated
on Oct 21, 2008 about IBM
Intel, AMD: Still Room to Fall Further?
on Oct 17, 2008 about AMD, BRCM, INTC
Google Shines Amidst Volatility
on Oct 17, 2008 about GOOG
eBay Ridiculously Cheap
on Oct 17, 2008 about EBAY
Infosys Shaky
on Oct 13, 2008 about INFY
Digital River: Buying Opportunity
on Oct 07, 2008 about DRIV

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