In this portion of our interview with Manoj we take a deeper look at the person behind the success. We delve into the individual traits which have built success. SM: What is your own personal core competency? Is it engineering, is it sales, marketing? MS: I would say that it’s a combination of product management
In part 4 of our interview we discuss Manoj’s second venture, Webify. SM: In the case of Webify you were funding it with your own money, right? MS: Right, the first million bucks, I wrote those checks myself. The interesting part with Webify was I started it in March 2002. I had the hardest time
In part three of our interview Manoj discusses the various acquisition offers, as well as his exit strategy. SM: In mid to late 2000 the Internet market started to crash, how did it go for your company?. MS: In late 2000 it didn’t crash for us; we had about four other offers for acquisitions in
In our second part of the interview we delve into Exterprise, the first business venture by Manoj. SM: What was your first company? MS: It was basically a business collaboration platform, a company called Exterprise. We started that in June of 1998 and we sold it in March of 2001. We grew pretty rapidly from
Our Serial Entreprenuer series continues with a fascinating interview with Manoj Saxena. In this first segment we explore his background up to the point of his first venture. SM: Where did you grow up? MS: I grew up in India. A city called Hyderabad most of my life and then we were down in Bombay.
SM: Have you read any of my writings on the entrepreneurship in India? PO: Yes I have, and we have talked some on this. What are you referring to specifically? SM: Well I did a series under the title of Concept Arbitrage. If you look at Indian entrepreneurship right now there is a huge amount
After founding Interwoven, Peng Ong become involved in some unique projects with the government of Singapore and even tried retiring. However, he discovered he still had a passion for entreprenuership and founded his next company, Encentuate. We also gain some insight into his future goals. SM: After Interwoven did you found Encentuate right away, or
We continue our interview with Peng Ong and talk about his next venture, Interwoven. Here Peng addresses some very interesting topics and his personal philosophy on risk. SM: So tell us the story of Interwoven. You put in your own money? PO: I think the interesting thing if you look at my career, usually the