Building a Cutting-Edge Telecollaboration Company: John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Talk to me a little bit about the commercial. How much did these three major accounts pay you to do their projects? John Underkoffler: I will probably decline to give actual numerical figures in this context. This was more than enough to keep us going as a young startup. Sramana Mitra: This was

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Bootstrapping Using Services: Taylor Tyng, CEO of Wiredrive (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: In the chronology, where are we in now? Taylor Tyng: I’m going back and forth within that. We’re probably around the mid-2000s. Sramana Mitra: What is the next major strategic move and what year? Taylor Tyng: As I mentioned, we’ve never been venture-backed. We ran two businesses side by side — the design agency

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Kolkata Event, October 22 – Rendezvous with Sramana Mitra

Sramana Mitra is inviting Kolkata area entrepreneurs to join her for an informal evening of conversation and camaraderie at her family home on Saturday, October 22, from 6pm to 9pm. Unique opportunity to make connections, exchange ideas, and interact with fellow entrepreneurs in a welcoming setting. REGISTER HERE

Kolkata Event, October 17 – Sramana Mitra on The Future of Capitalism

While India continues to follow the path of Silicon Valley Capitalism, Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur Sramana Mitra will be speaking about The Future of Capitalism on Monday, October 17, from 6pm to 7:30pm, at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park, Kolkata – the largest NGO in India. Great chance to learn, discuss, and clarify your own

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Building a Cutting-Edge Telecollaboration Company: John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You did a PhD as well at MIT? John Underkoffler: I did. I stuck it through. Sramana Mitra: What was your PhD in? John Underkoffler: My PhD was in a set of systems called the IO bulb and luminous room. The intent was to show, through prototypes, what would happen if we abandon

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Bootstrapping Using Services: Taylor Tyng, CEO of Wiredrive (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What kind of customers were adopting video advertising at that time? Who were these early adopters of video? Taylor Tyng: A lot of them were post-production companies and commercial production companies. In particular, post-production companies were very interesting early adopters for us. They’re built around pipeline workflows for technologies so they understood the investments

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