Sramana Mitra: They were very heavy. I’m a very small woman having to carry this heavy laptop. It was no fun at all. What was the first company? Terry Ryan: It was called Knightsbridge. It was a company that was focused on Big Data architectures. This was in the early 90s before it was cool
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Ander Michelena: In 2012, Ticketbis was growing strongly and very fast with very good margin. The other business was growing but it was something that was stopping us from concentrating on one thing. We decided to close it. The learning we got out of that is if something is working very well, don’t try to do
Warren is the CTO of Smart Technologies, a $500 million provider of virtual classroom solutions. He offers a window into trends in the space and ideas for new entrepreneurs to focus on. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing yourself as well as SMART Technologies. What do you do? Warren Barkley: I’m the CTO for SMART
At the cusp of three major trends, Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Healthcare IT, Terry Ryan is building a very interesting company from Chicago. The company is profitable, already of substantial scale, and at a very exciting juncture. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journeys. Where are you from? Where were
Sramana Mitra: So people were just finding you through organic Google search basically. Ander Michelena: Yes, we were using SEM, SEO, and affiliates to get traffic. That was what it was. Before we launched in other countries, we were only based in Spain. With that million euros, we created the website and made it compatible
Sramana Mitra: Your primary go-to-market strategy is an OEM strategy? Coby Sella: Yes. Our goal is to deploy as many clients as possible. Our footprint in the industry today is about a quarter of a billion devices using Sansa technology, whether it is Sansa providing platform security capabilities or Sansa delivering embedded software within the trusted
Sramana Mitra: My next question is from an industry point of view. What are the trends and where do you see open problems that are perhaps not in your product roadmap but are things that you are seeing just because of your deep penetration and insight of the space? Where do you see the problems