Roundtable Recap: April 11 – Technologist Entrepreneurs Need To Learn Business

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Michael Smerklo, Co-founder and Managing Director at Next Coast Ventures. We discussed some of the ventures his firm has invested in and the philosophy in general. XTend Online As for the entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Chris Ziomkowski in Klong Luang, Thailand, pitching XTend Online,

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Matt Holleran of Cloud Apps Capital Partners (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s say a company in your portfolio has reached a certain level of critical mass, let’s say $50 million in revenue. They want to acquire other SaaS companies that may be able to give them a second or third product that is adjacent, and can leverage the channel. How do you think about

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439th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 439th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, April 11, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

439th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 439th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, April 11, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

How Will Zoom Shepherd Its Platform Post IPO?

According to a Global Market Insights report, the global video conferencing market is estimated to grow more than 10% annually to $20 billion by 2024. The growth is driven by continued globalization of organizations and the adoption of remote workplaces by organizations. Recently, Zoom, a Billion Dollar Unicorn in the industry, announced its plans to go

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Arihant Patni of Ideaspring Capital (Part 4)

Arihant Patni: I just had a breakfast session with a bunch of corporate venture folks. They’re all talking about how they want to evangelize startups, invest in them, work with them, and partner with them. I think that’s a terrific philosophy. I can talk about a couple of slightly more evolved startups that we invested

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Matt Holleran of Cloud Apps Capital Partners (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: I’m going to ask you something based on what we just talked about with your background as the head of platforms at Salesforce.com. My assessment is that there are probably a couple of hundred SaaS companies at this point that are doing upwards of $50 million in annual revenue.

Cloud Stocks: What Apps Will Drive More Traction for Cloudera?

Last year, Hadoop services providers Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR) and Hortonworks merged under the Cloudera umbrella. The $5.2 billion merger was completed earlier this year. The combined entity announced its first quarterly performance since the merger that surpassed market expectations, but the outlook was weak.