One-Track Mind
Tracking data and providing feedback helps this software-maker solve problems.
By Heather Clancy •
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Ananda Roberts' given name, the Sanskrit term for"bliss," fits her: The 47-year-old entrepreneur gets realjoy from knowing her software products are having a positive impactin government, educational and nonprofit accounts--from the U.S.Army, where they help in tracking the training and career paths ofsoldiers, to Jefferson County Public Schools in Kentucky, wherethey track after-hours programs.
In college, while raising funds for charitable projects, Robertsrealized many events were planned with little regard to whatworked--or didn't--in the past. "People gave you money andnever asked what was being done with it," says Roberts."But today, accountability is a big factor." Providingfeedback is the basis for her life's work at nFocusSoftware.
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