Towards Smart Grids: eMeter CEO Cree Edwards (Part 2)

SM: How long did you stay with Octel? CE: After nine months I took the idea I had about a computer inside the meter to Pacific Gas and Electric. I showed them the concept and asked them if they would buy it if I built it, and of course they said yes.

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Towards Smart Grids: eMeter CEO Cree Edwards (Part 1)

Cree co-founded eMeter Corporation in 1999 and serves as its CEO. In 1984 he co-founded CellNet Data Systems, which provided advanced electricity metering data and communications to utilities via wireless networks. Cree has revolutionized the utility industry, bringing much-needed efficiency and vision. SM: Take me back to where your story begins. What is the genesis

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Towards Paperless Contracts: EchoSign CEO Jason Lemkin (Part 7)

SM: Small companies do not have enough bandwidth to do anything themselves. That is why hosted solutions are so good for them. JL: They also don’t do AdWord searches for solutions. We get our SMBs virally. We convert them at a higher rate than an enterprise because they immediately see the value.

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