Raising a Series A with $10M in the Bank: Dean Stoecker, CEO of Alteryx (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Dean A. Stoecker is chairman, CEO and founding partner of Alteryx, a leading software developer and a pioneer of agile business intelligence technology with analytics. Prior to Alteryx, Dean led business development efforts for Integration Technologies, a systems integrator, where he helped develop technology that automated

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: A Second Conversation with Mark Settle, CIO of BMC (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: My understanding of the large-enterprise cloud adoption dynamics would probably synthesize with what I have seen. Is that also what you see? Mark Settle: Yes. You have part of the big hardware vendors – the BCE consortium, VMware, Cisco, or EMC – in order to engineer and sell a pre-integrated stack of server

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1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2012: PartingOut.com, Graham, Texas

After years of frustration trying to efficiently sell used car parts online, Kevin Fullerton realized there was a significant opportunity to build an online community designed around the deal flow of buying and selling used parts. The result was PartingOut.com, an online salvage marketplace for used auto parts that operates on a visual platform of

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Handling Logistics for E-Commerce Vendors: Maria Haggerty, COO, and Bill Follett, CEO – Dotcom Logistics (Part 7)

Sramana: I agree that if small businesses have to handle their own logistics, it is another hindrance to their growth. My recommendation to smaller e-commerce companies is for them to outsource their logistics. I’m not sure if you are the right place for those types of companies to go to, however, because your standards are

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: A Second Conversation with Mark Settle, CIO of BMC (Part 1)

Mark Settle is the chief information officer of BMC, a Houston-based company that provides software solutions to any size business. Mark has been in this position for four years. Before BMC, he worked as CIO of Corporate Express and Arrow Electronics, and he was executive vice president of the Systems & Processing division of Visa.

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Handling Logistics for E-Commerce Vendors: Maria Haggerty, COO, and Bill Follett, CEO – Dotcom Logistics (Part 6)

Sramana: How would you handle very small startup companies? Would you like to hear from them? Maria Haggerty: Absolutely. If there is a small company with a great idea, then we would love to talk to them. We have a very small company that was founded by young woman with no VC backing. She is

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December 6 – 151st 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 151st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, December 6, 2012, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/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

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1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2012: Hooduku, Houston, Texas

In late 2011, 1M/1M premium member Hooduku, a cloud and mobile application services company, saw an unduly large bill from one of its cloud providers but couldn’t see how to track the spending. Citing lack of controls on cloud spending as a cause, Hooduku decided to develop an internal solution to the problem. Earlier this

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