Sramana Mitra: What you are describing is standard nowadays. I run my entire company with a virtual team. Benjamin Mestrallet: That is how we used to do it, too. In September 2009, however, I moved with the entire family and got the visa in February 2010.
Sramana: You had the vision for DudaMobile but left SAP in 2010. What happened during the in-between years? Itai Sadan: After I had been relocated to Palo Alto to work in the SAP headquarters, I brought Amir into SAP to work on my team. We were both working in Palo Alto for SAP when I
Sramana Mitra: And the two other people working with you on this project were also from this school in Bordeaux? Benjamin Mestrallet: No. One was from Canada and the other one from Ukraine. We met online and started working together. When the U.S. Department of Defense came and asked us to do some consulting services
Sramana: How long did you work for SAP? Itai Sadan: I worked for them for six years. During that time I was relocated to Palo Alto, where I spent most of my time. Even within a large company like SAP, I found a way to build my own little startup environment. I have always felt
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Sramana Mitra: And these are people who are using online advertising? Steve Shine: They are all using online advertising. They are not monetizing from membership fees.
Benjamin Mestrallet is the founder and chief executive officer of eXo, a company that helps other companies connect their employees through social intranets, websites and dashboards. Benjamin started the eXo project in 2002 while still a student. He holds an advanced master’s degree in management science from the University of Paris IX Dauphine. In this