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First-Time Entrepreneur at 37: Okta CEO Todd McKinnon (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Todd McKinnon is the CEO and co-founder of Okta, an enterprise grade identity management service, built from the ground up in the cloud and delivered with a focus on customer success. Okta enables IT management of access across any application, person or device. Whether the people
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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Interview with Jason Blessing, CEO of Plex Systems (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: You seem to be hinting that the SAPs and Oracles are not as much on the cloud. The first statement you made is that they are on-premise solutions. The second thing you said is that they are coming at it from the financial point of view, whereas your software comes at it from
Thursday, May 30 – Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge Finals
Entrepreneurs, join us as the five finalists of the Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge pitch their cloud startups to win the grand prize of $2,000 per month worth of cloud hosting for one year from Rackspace PLUS a one-year scholarship to the 1M/1M program. Register to attend, to watch, learn, and interact through the
Breaking the Norm: Maxine Manafy, CEO of Bunndle (Part 7)
Sramana: What do you think of Sheryl Sandberg? Maxine Manafy: I love the idea that she has stepped forward and is asking women to step up and move into leadership positions in industry. I think the structure could be louder. When I read her book and I see the advice she gives women I think
Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Interview with Jason Blessing, CEO of Plex Systems (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: I have heard of them. Jason Blessing: Francisco Partners is slightly different in terms of private equity firms. They have classic leverage buyouts in their investment portfolio, but they also like to selectively look for growth equity opportunities – companies like Plex that look a bit more like a late-stage venture company and
Breaking the Norm: Maxine Manafy, CEO of Bunndle (Part 6)
Sramana: How do you sell? Maxine Manafy: We sell on a CPI [cost per install] basis. For the US, in desktop it might be a dollar for an install. On mobile we are seeing up to three dollars for an install. Those are pretty good rates. Sramana: How do you scale this business? Maxine Manafy: It
Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Interview with Jason Blessing, CEO of Plex Systems (Part 1)
Jason Blessing is the chief executive officer of Plex Systems, a company offering America’s first and so far only ERP cloud service solution exclusively for manufacturers. Jason graduated from the University of Michigan and he has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry. In this interview he talks about the unique offering
Breaking the Norm: Maxine Manafy, CEO of Bunndle (Part 5)
Sramana: Your real value proposition is mobile to mobile ads, cross network. Is that correct? Maxine Manafy: Yes, and on top of that we have targeting capability. There is an ability to have all of this data and leverage the targeting to make sure the ads were properly matched. One of our clients may not
