Building a Fast-Growth Marketplace: Stefania Mallett, CEO of EZCater (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What happened to that company? Stefania Mallett: That worked really well. We had multiple clients. Then we sold the company to SILKNET Software, who merged with Kana Systems in California. It was a merger of two public companies. I think Kana has since changed its name to Kana Software. Honestly, my product disappeared. It was

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June 15 – 357th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 357th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, June 15, 2017, 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. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register

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356th Roundtable Recording On June 8, 2017: With Rafael Sweary, WalkMe

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Building a Mid-Market Security SaaS Company from Canada: J. Paul Haynes, CEO of eSentire (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What was the growth rate from there on? Once you got to building the SaaS business, you zeroed in on the mid-market financial services vertical. You’ve defined your target audience very precisely. You’ve got this whole community of influencers around you. What kind of growth rate were you hitting? J. Paul Haynes: This

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Building a Fast-Growth Marketplace: Stefania Mallett, CEO of EZCater (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What year does that bring us up to? Stefania Mallett: That was 1989. Sramana Mitra: That’s still pre-Internet. Stefania Mallett: It was still pre-Internet. I worked there until 1993. Then in 1993, I decided that it was time to try consulting. I had always worked for companies. I had never done any consulting. I

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Building a Mid-Market Security SaaS Company from Canada: J. Paul Haynes, CEO of eSentire (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: How long did it take you to launch the SaaS version of this product? When did you start selling that product? J. Paul Haynes: A year. Sramana Mitra: We are talking 2011. J. Paul Haynes: Yes. Sramana Mitra: So in 2012, you were a SaaS  company?

10 Founders On How They Built Their Unicorn Startups In Podcasts

Entrepreneurs looking for some great advice and inspiration from some super successful Founders who have each built a Unicorn company from the ground up, should have a listen to these 30-minute podcast interviews. Daniel Cane, CEO and Co-founder of Modernizing Medicine, has followed a unique and tremendously effective strategy of raising equity crowdfunding from his

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Roundtable Recap: June 8 – Prove ROI as Early as Possible

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Rephael Sweary, President of WalkMe, a wonderful company that has a large number of enterprise customers and significant venture funding. One of the most remarkable things about WalkMe is how they managed to establish ROI evidence very early in the game. Wonderful interview. Testsigma As for

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