5 Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing To Follow

A recent report released by Markets and Markets estimates the global cloud computing spend to grow to $121.1 billion by 2015, recording a compounded annual growth rate of 26% over the period 2010 through 2015. Another report by Market Research Media expects strong growth within cloud computing to continue. The report projects a 30% annual

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Bootstrapping Using Services: InRule COO Rik Chomko (Part 7)

Sramana: What does the business look like today? Where are you now? Rik Chomko: Last year, we had one of the biggest revenue growth we’ve ever had. We grew revenues by about 45%. We’re feeling very good about our business in Europe and North America. We have good traction in the market. We’ve done a great

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Ulf Mattsson, CTO of Protegrity (Part 4)

Ulf Mattsson: We’ve seen studies talking about how Big Data analytics can revolutionize the way the Internet  did many years ago. I’ve seen figures saying that 63% are using it to enhance customer relationships, 58% are using these capabilities to redefine the product and product development, and 56% are using it to change their operations. These create a lot

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Thursday, October 9 – 233rd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 233rd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, October 9, 2014, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 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 a Global Software Company From Australia: Bigcommerce Co-Founder Mitch Harper (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: So merchants in India can pay in Indian currency to subscribe to Bigcommerce? There is a problem in India with currency as you know. Mitch Harper: They have to pay us in US dollars, but they can accept in their local currency. Sramana Mitra: That’s an issue in India. A lot of people

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Bootstrapping Using Services: InRule COO Rik Chomko (Part 6)

Sramana: In that timeframe, what kind of numbers were you doing? Were you still operating organically? That’s one million in financing and then you’re operating organically, what are the metrics of the business at this point? Rik Chomko: Back in 2005, we were operating organically. But 2005 and 2006 was quite a big jump for us. We increased

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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Ulf Mattsson, CTO of Protegrity (Part 3)

Ulf Mattsson: Let’s look at another interesting use case. It’s a travel product company. It’s an airline-owned company in the US that is providing ticket distribution and financial settlements for 135 airlines and 23,000 travel agents. They have more than $65 billion per year in settlement. Their primary issue was to protect sensitive customer data

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Building a Global Software Company From Australia: Bigcommerce Co-Founder Mitch Harper (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: By now, you are now in your Series B phase. You have already leveraged your install base from your previous company. What has been the primary customer acquisition strategy in the scaling phase? I do see you advertising a lot online. Mitch Harper: I wouldn’t say there’s one main channel. I’m really good

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