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Long Journey to a $435M Exit: Bytemobile Cofounders Chris Koopmans and Nicholas Stavrakos (Part 6)
Sramana: I think there are a lot of great teams that get stuck. A great team is essential, but there is a lot more to having a successful business than simply having a great team. Chris Koopmans: If you have the right market or the right technology, you can still fail. You need a good
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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Elizabeth Cholawsky, General Manager of IT Support Product Line, Citrix (Part 1)
We’ve featured Citrix on the blog before. This time, we’re going to discuss the wonderful things that Citrix is doing in the cloud. Sramana Mitra: Hi, Elizabeth. Let’s start with a bit of your personal background as well as what Citrix is doing in the area of cloud-based support. Elizabeth Cholawsky: Right now I am
Envivio Plays for a Small Portion of Video Infrastructure Market
Researcher Synergy Research Group estimates that the video infrastructure market will grow 7% annually from $32 billion in 2011 to $45 billion by 2016. The most growth is projected in the content management and distribution segment, which is estimated to be worth $23 billion by 2016. San Francisco–based Envivio is one player trying to make
Long Journey to a $435M Exit: Bytemobile Cofounders Chris Koopmans and Nicholas Stavrakos (Part 5)
Sramana: The tricky part of the journey you have been describing is that you had venture investors. They want to see growth, revenues and a potential exit. There is a lot of pressure on entrepreneurs when the market does not evolve as expected. That is why I find it interesting that you were able to
Catching Up On Readings: The $50 Tablet
On the back of the release of Amazon’s Kindle Fire, Washington Post columnist Vivek Wadwha makes a case for a tablet free of the “bells and whistles” that have been a prominent part of higher-end devices. According Wadwha, the advent of inexpensive tablets will bring more connectivity to the next levels. Some of his points
Long Journey to a $435M Exit: Bytemobile Cofounders Chris Koopmans and Nicholas Stavrakos (Part 4)
Sramana: What level of growth were you able to sustain? We know 2001 was an unusually bad time. When did growth start to happen? Chris Koopmans: We saw a lot of growth in 2001 because we had had none the year prior. It was bad for markets, but it was an up year for us.
Long Journey to a $435M Exit: Bytemobile Cofounders Chris Koopmans and Nicholas Stavrakos (Part 3)
Sramana: How long after you received financing from Benchmark were you able to complete the first product you were able to ship to customers? Chris Koopmans: We had working code right away and started doing customer trials right away. We consider our first official product the first product that a customer purchased to deploy in
Deadline September 28: TradeKing Financial Entrepreneur Pitch-Fest Competition
On October 4 and 11, 10 companies (20 in total) will be selected to pitch online to Silicon Valley strategist Sramana Mitra as part of the TradeKing Financial Entrepreneur Pitch-Fest Competition. Each 5-minute pitch will be followed by a 5-minute strategic analysis by Sramana. Following the pitches during each online roundtable event, Sramana and Dan
