From Czechoslovakia to Silicon Valley: Roman Stanek’s Journey to GoodData (Part 7)

Sramana: What has your revenue ramp rate looked like over the years? Roman Stanek: In 2012 we were over $15 million in revenue. We also have a backlog for the next couple of years. We know we have $15 million waiting for us twice over.

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Miko Matsumura, Senior Vice President, Developer Relations, Kii Corporation (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: How do you find entrepreneurs to develop applications on your platform? How does the platform market itself? Miko Matsumura: We are working that out as we go. We are in beta at the moment. SM: And you are doing $20 million already, while still being in beta?

Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Bobby Yazdani, Founder and CEO of SABA (Part 1)

Bobby Yazdani is the chief executive officer of SABA, one of the industry’s leading learning and talent management providers. Bobby holds a BA in applied mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley. In 1997 Bobby founded SABA, and he took the company public in 2000. Today the company has revenue of more than $100

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From Czechoslovakia to Silicon Valley: Roman Stanek’s Journey to GoodData (Part 6)

Sramana: It is good that you have identified a process for moving into new business areas, particularly since you are a SaaS-based business. Roman Stanek: SaaS is an unforgiving business. It is a resource-intensive business, and customers can always churn. There is loyalty, but it is only gained by quality service. There is a very

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Interview with Miko Matsumura, Senior Vice President, Developer Relations, Kii Corporation (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: This exit that you are talking about in Japan, a $25 million to $30 million revenue company, what kind of market gap do you see for this? Miko Matsumura: The market gap range is $100 million. SM: And what is the range of the multiples you can get on something like this in

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Interview with Venkat Viswanathan, CEO of LatentView Analytics (Part 8)

Sramana Mitra: The only issue there is you would need people who can learn in that mode. That means you would need a high-end set of people already. Venkat Viswanathan: I agree. There is no getting away from the quality of people issue. The only aspect that has been a revelation for me is that

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Thursday, January 31 – 159th 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 159th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, January 31, 2013, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India 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

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From Czechoslovakia to Silicon Valley: Roman Stanek’s Journey to GoodData (Part 5)

Sramana: What were the steps that you took to validate your concept? Who was the first customer you went to talk to who resonated with your value proposition? Roman Stanek: I absolutely believe that as much as you can validate a business model there is no substitution for intuition. The opposite applies as well. If

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