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Proofpoint Expanding Footprint Via Acquisitions

Posted on Wednesday, May 8th 2019

According to a recent Research Report World report, the global enterprise cyber security market is expected to grow at 18% CAGR through 2025. The cloud-based enterprise email security, e-discovery, and compliance service provider Proofpoint (Nasdaq: PFPT) recently announced its first quarter results that surpassed market expectations. This was the fourth consecutive quarter that Proofpoint beat

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With David Lambert of Right Side Capital Management (Part 2)

Posted on Tuesday, May 7th 2019

Sramana Mitra: What about sectors? Is there a B2B preference? What kind of companies do you like to invest in? David Lambert: Our favorite business model is definitely B2B SaaS. We don’t have a particular focus where we have to invest in. What ends up happening in today’s world is that it takes a lot

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Nancy Ham, CEO of WebPT (Part 1)

Posted on Tuesday, May 7th 2019

We’ve covered WebPT before, featuring founder Heidi Jannenga on Entrepreneur Journeys. We’ve also had Heidi on our roundtable. This conversation explores the evolution of WebPT to a broader product footprint and also discusses the open issues in the physiotherapy practice management space. It also explores pain-related medical devices, the role of insurance companies, and other

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Thursday, May 9 – 443rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Tuesday, May 7th 2019

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 443rd FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, May 9, 2019, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/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

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PaaS: Six Cloud Stock Picks Based on PaaS Prospects

Posted on Tuesday, May 7th 2019

Cloud products often tend to have low switching costs. The best way to create exit barriers is to have a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) strategy and invite entrepreneurial developers to come develop apps on it. As apps gain traction, some of the startups developing them can be acquired. Integration is easy because of the technology stack compatibility.

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Tableau Needs a PaaS Strategy

Posted on Tuesday, May 7th 2019

According to a Market Reports report published earlier this year, the  global data visualization market is estimated to grow 9.5% annually to $7.76 billion by 2023 from $4.51 billion in 2017. Tableau (NYSE: DATA) is a leading player in the market, but the company is leaving a lot of money on the table by not

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Building an Online Travel Company From Barcelona: Guillermo Gaspart, CEO of ByHours (Part 5)

Posted on Monday, May 6th 2019

Sramana Mitra: To open America, you don’t want US investors? Guiller Gaspart: The main problem that I found last month when we were talking with some investors from the States is that they want to invest in the companies that they already are working in the States. Once we open the States, we’ll talk again

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With David Lambert of Right Side Capital Management (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, May 6th 2019

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with David Lambert was recorded in March 2019. David Lambert, Managing Director at Right Side Capital Management, a firm that invests small chunks of capital efficient ventures. The firm is very much in

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