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Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Anand Adya, CEO of Greenlight Technologies (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Apr 26th 2016

Sramana Mitra: Can you take us through a use case of how you implement a cyber governance solution for your customers? Anand Adya: Right from the get-go, we had to understand the landscape of the security market and where we fit in with the uniqueness and differentiation that we have built around our intellectual property.

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Jason Wallis, CTO of Mozu (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Apr 26th 2016

Sramana Mitra: Your point is well-taken that retailers need mobile sites and mobile presence. There are a lot of people who have platforms for mobile sites. What is special about what you do? Jason Wallis: What is special and different is that the platform has one common data backend. The front-end is optimized for mobile

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Bootstrapping to $18 Million: Vlad Friedman, CEO of Edge Hosting (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, Apr 26th 2016

Sramana Mitra: You basically would do whatever it is the client was asking you to do, I imagine, at the beginning. As time progressed, what became your core competency even in the mode of delivering consulting or solutions? Where did you find your sweet spot? Vlad Friedman: I had a couple of stages along my

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Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Anand Adya, CEO of Greenlight Technologies (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Apr 25th 2016

Cyber Security is fraught with all sorts of risks. We discuss application security here as it pertains to malware intrusion. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to you as well as to your company. Anand Adya: It has been exciting times in the company. It’s especially a challenging time for the industry in

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Jason Wallis, CTO of Mozu (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Apr 25th 2016

Mozu is a line of business within Volusion, one of the key small business e-commerce platforms that we have covered extensively in the past. Mozu caters to mid-market retailers. Jason discusses the trends he is seeing in that space. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to Mozu and yourself for some context. Jason

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Bootstrapping to $18 Million: Vlad Friedman, CEO of Edge Hosting (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Apr 25th 2016

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Vlad has built his business using only bank financing, and has aspirations of growing it to $50 million. Read how he has done it, including about on-dilutive financing mechanisms. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were

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Multiple Pivots, Taking on Giants, to Over $100 Million in Revenue: Matthew Calkins, CEO of Appian (Part 7)

Posted on Sunday, Apr 24th 2016

Sramana Mitra: The competitors who went away, were you winning their customers? Matthew Calkins: We were winning the deals that they attempted to compete in. Sramana Mitra: But people were not switching necessarily. Matthew Calkins: By and large, whoever has done that installation doesn’t want to do it again. They’re going to hang on to

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Catching Up On Readings: Creative Economy

Posted on Sunday, Apr 24th 2016

This feature from TechCrunch looks at how the automation revolution will shape the future and change what it means to be employable. It will open the scope of creative work that requires human touch and cannot be replicated by machines. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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