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From Australia to Silicon Valley: Leigh Jasper’s Amazing Journey with Aconex (Part 5)
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
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From Australia to Silicon Valley: Leigh Jasper’s Amazing Journey with Aconex (Part 4)
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
Trend Spotting: The Variegated Social Web
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
From Australia to Silicon Valley: Leigh Jasper’s Amazing Journey with Aconex (Part 3)
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
Nov. 8 – 148th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs
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
From Australia to Silicon Valley: Leigh Jasper’s Amazing Journey with Aconex (Part 2)
Sramana: Let’s talk about the beginning of the company. You said you went out to raise venture capital in 2000. Was your proposal based on a prototype or just an idea? Leigh Jasper: Back then it was very hard to build a prototype. Today there are a lot of tools you can mash together to
Roundtable Recap: Kolkata MUST Clinch This Time
I have been trying to get entrepreneurship development in Kolkata moving since 1995, when I started my own entrepreneurial career. At the time, I was one of the first to set up a Silicon Valley startup with a development back-end in Kolkata. The environment was hard. The infrastructure was poor. Now, all that has changed.
From Australia to Silicon Valley: Leigh Jasper’s Amazing Journey with Aconex (Part 1)
Leigh Jasper is the co-founder and CEO of Aconex, on online collaboration platform for construction, infrastructure, energy and resources projects. He has led the company through a decade of rapid growth, during which it became the world’s largest provider of project collaboration solutions for the construction, energy and resources sectors. Prior to founding Aconex, he
