Bootstrapping To $1 Million, Then Growing to $40 Million: iContact CEO Ryan Allis: Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Part 7)

Sramana: How do you see the competitive landscape evolving? Ryan Allis: Microsoft left the market in 2005 and sold their customers to Constant Contact. They came back into business in 2007 and then left in 2008, that time selling their customers to us. Today we are the largest private company doing e-mail marketing. Our largest

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Business Incubator Series: Bruce Wright And Molly Gilbert, Arizona Center for Innovation – Tucson (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Does your incubator service the entire local community? Bruce: Yes. We focus primarily on University of Arizona faculty and students, but about half of our companies come from the community. We’re open to any technology startup. Irina: Would you describe the ideal company that would benefit

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MIT Sloan CIO Symposium In Cambridge, MA, On May 18, 2011

On May 18, 2011, more than 800 CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology executives from around the world will gather to explore how to profitably leverage digital media at the 8th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. The theme for this year’s event is “Beyond the Crossroads: How will the CIO role evolve in the digital business

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Chris Burchett, CIO Of Credant Technologies (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Siddharth Garg Sramana Mitra: I think in general, the security holes around the world are much larger right now because, for one reason, there is a lot more distributed, federated technology being used, and as a result there are a lot more holes. And you just gave us the

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Bootstrapping To $1 Million, Then Growing to $40 Million: iContact CEO Ryan Allis: Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Part 6)

Sramana: How long did your Series A funding last? Ryan Allis: We ran on that money for three years. Last August, we closed a $40 million round of funding. My philosophy on venture capital is to never raise more than one time your annual revenue.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Chris Burchett, CIO Of Credant Technologies (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Siddharth Garg Sramana Mitra: How can the [data owner have the obligation]? I mean, unless Salesforce.com is involved in the process of securing the data, a customer of Salesforce.com cannot possibly secure that data without Salesforce.com’s being involved in the process. It is just not architecturally viable.

Bootstrapping To $1 Million, Then Growing to $40 Million: iContact CEO Ryan Allis: Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Part 5)

Sramana: What was your strategy for raising capital? Ryan Allis: I was 20 at the time. I had lunch with a friend who was a co-founder of PinPoint, which he merged with PowerByHand to form Motricity. He had raised a couple hundred million dollars for Motricity, and they were one of the most sought-after venture-backed

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Business Incubator Series: Bruce Wright And Molly Gilbert, Arizona Center for Innovation – Tucson (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold I am talking to Bruce Wright and Molly Gilbert, both of whom are with the University of Arizona Office of University Research Parks (OURP). Bruce Wright is associate vice president of OURP. He directs the office and serves as the CEO of the University of Arizona (U

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