Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Austin McChord, CEO of Datto (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Talk to me about the SME market. Help me understand the sweet spots. What are the other characteristics of the sweet spots among your audience? Austin McChord: We’re selling into the SMB market space. Our sweet spot is the 20 to 200 seat business. They typically have anywhere from half a terabyte to

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February 20 – 206th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 206th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, February 20, 2014, 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 straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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Building India’s First Billion Dollar Tech Company: InMobi Co-Founder Amit Gupta (Part 5)

Sramana: Have you been able to follow that strategy? Amit Gupta: Absolutely. We have remained headquartered in India and have since expanded to pursue the Asian market. After India, we focused on Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. We have since expanded into countries such as Nigeria. We are growing country by country.

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Jeetu Patel, GM of EMC Syncplicity (Part 7)

Jeetu Patel: It’s going to happen. It’s just a matter of how fast and how big. Because everything is getting re-factored to the cloud, the amount of innovation that’s going to happen in analytics and models around security will fundamentally change. Security models are no longer going to just prevent something from happening. Security model

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Austin McChord, CEO of Datto (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You took the financing from Boston VCs? Austin McChord: Yes, from General Catalyst up in Boston. Sramana Mitra: Let’s talk about your business. Tell us what you do. What is the competitive landscape that you play in and how do you differentiate?

205th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 205th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, February 13, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

205th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 205th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, February 13, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Trend Spotting: Entrepreneurship Inside Corporations

There is a real trend developing right now of corporations becoming crucibles of innovation and entrepreneurship in a systematic way. In this post, I will discuss four specific sub-categories of this trend that we’re seeing, and for all practical purposes, participating in.