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A deep-dive into cloud infrastructure. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Rackware. Sash Sunkara: I’m the CEO and Founder of Rackware. My Co-Founder is Todd Matters. He’s my Chief Architect. We started Rackware in 2009. Rackware is a cloud management platform specifically targeted at mid-size to larger

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Sramana Mitra: What year did you start building this product? Senraj Soundar: In 2008. It took several years to get it right because there’re a lot of moving parts. You have to seamlessly optimize your calling agent’s time. The calling agents are navigating the call. While they’re navigating the call, you have to show the sales rep what is

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Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later: Senraj Soundar, CEO of ConnectLeader (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What was the product? Can you talk a bit more about what was the product that you took that long to build? Senraj Soundar: A good sales representative working hard typically makes 60 to 80 dials on average, but he could talk to only three to four decision makers or prospects. The challenge is

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