From an EIR Experiment to a Fast Growth SaaS Company: Joe Kinsella, Founder and CTO of CloudHealth (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Joe founded CloudHealth as an EIR at a Boston VC firm. Last year the SaaS company had 300 customers. The story explores how he achieved product market fit and found its stride. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are

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A Late Bloomer on Building a Legitimate Unicorn: Veeva Systems CEO Peter Gassner (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What was the trigger to leave Peoplesoft? Peter Gassner: The management team had changed at Peoplesoft. I had started as a developer there. At the end of nine years, I was handling a team of 500 people. I worked hard there. I loved the team I assembled. Then, the management team changed. Culture changed

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What is Jeff Bezos Doing with The Washington Post?

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Thought Leaders in Internet of Things: Tom Bianculli, Vice President of Technology Office at Zebra Technologies (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: I would like to see a real case study with proper metrics about these customer use cases. We try not to report stories that are foo foo. What I’m looking for is the impact. For one thing, is this a pilot in one store at Macy’s or is this something that is being

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Entrepreneurs: Beware of the Twilight Zone of VC-Funded Startups

The MIT Technology Review just published an article titled Why Startups Are Struggling where it looks for answers to the question: Even amid the venture capital boom of the past few years, entrepreneurs are finding it harder to build big, enduring companies. What does this mean for the future of innovation?

A Late Bloomer on Building a Legitimate Unicorn: Veeva Systems CEO Peter Gassner (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How did IBM figure out, given that you have a strange background from their perspective, that you would be good at this stuff? Peter Gassner: My first internship was at IBM. Sramana Mitra: They noted you then. Peter Gassner: Yes, “That’s a kid that can work hard. He gets work done. He’s got

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