Sramana: What percentage of your business is in the U.S. today? Leigh Jasper: On a bookings basis it is around 15% and growing fast. Within a couple of years, I think it will be the biggest part of our business. The U.S. market is just very large. We have 35 offices globally with 400 people.
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 148th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/9:30 p.m. IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain constructive feedback and she’ll answer any of your questions. Others can register to
Sramana: You have moved to San Francisco and raised institutional financing from local VCs. Based on my knowledge of the industry, there is obviously a game plan here, and my inclination is to believe it is a roll-up game plan. Do you plan on rolling up another $70 million to $80 million of revenue by
Sramana: What is the total available market for the construction management software? Leigh Jasper: That market is probably $500 million at the moment. We are the biggest player in the space, followed by AutoCAD. After that there are around 20 smaller companies that do around $10 million apiece. We see this as a multi-billion dollar
Sramana: How long did it take you to get to a critical mass of Australian construction projects transitioned to the Aconex platform? Leigh Jasper: It took a few years to really build it up. Ultimately we served our clients well. The business has grown phenomenally. In 2001 we raised money and started getting some publicity
The social web is gradually taking over the Internet. From search to shopping, everything is getting social these days. Time for an overview of what we see in the 1M/1M portfolio from all corners of the social web. Lutebox Ali Ahmed, who used to be an entrepreneur-in-residence at Groupon, co-founded Lutebox, a walkie-talkie shopping venture that allows users to
Sramana: Do you get a lot of repeat business from the same clients or do you have to find new construction projects and reach new clients? Leigh Jasper: The way we typically work with a company is by starting on one of their projects. During that initial project they see what the system does and
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 148th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable on Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/9:30 p.m. IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain constructive feedback and she’ll answer any of your questions. Others can register to