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Sramana: When you did your validation, did you find any other pain points? Nir Zuk: The major pain point was that companies were spending a lot of time and money on network security and monitoring security events on their network. They did not have the capability to stop security events. Companies would learn about a

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Outsourcing: Peter Harrison, CEO Of GlobalLogic (Part 9)

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: George Zachary, General Partner, Charles River Ventures (Part 4)

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9.4M Dollars In Concept Financing To 100M In Bookings: Palo Alto Networks Founder Nir Zuk (Part 2)

SM: Why was it so difficult to get customers at OneSecure? NZ: A few months after we started the company, the [tech] bubble burst. Companies suddenly started watching their money. I also believe there was another key factor. At the end of the day, our managed service would replace the work that was done by

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Outsourcing: Peter Harrison, CEO Of GlobalLogic (Part 8)

By guest author Tony Scott Ensuring a Sense of Common Purpose Across a Global Team Peter: Creating a sustainable culture is important. There are a couple of things to say about our experience here at GlobalLogic. First of all, we started as an R&D business from the outset. We didn’t evolve to be one; we

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: George Zachary, General Partner, Charles River Ventures (Part 3)

By guest author Irina Patterson Irina: Do you think in terms of total available market, like a certain number? George: At the seed stage, we are just thinking of a big picture – will the innovation of this create brand new behaviors, have an impact, or change an industry or market? And that’s qualitative. At

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