Catching Up On Readings: VC Funding in Cybersecurity 2018

This feature from TechCrunch takes a close look at VC funding trends in cybersecurity-focused companies in 2018. Funding surged by 20% to $5.3 billion. For this week’s posts, click on paragraph links.

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From Zero to a Market Cap Bigger than General Motors: Keith Krach, Founder of Ariba (Part 7)

Keith Krach: We followed the same path. At Ariba, we focused initially on the buyers. At DocuSign, we focused on the businesses or the consumers. On the DocuSign Global Trust Network, about 400 million consumers are putting on two million documents a day and well in excess of 430,000 companies have standardized. We ran the

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From Zero to a Market Cap Bigger than General Motors: Keith Krach, Founder of Ariba (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: You left in 2003. Did you hand the reins over to somebody else? Keith Krach: Yes. Sramana Mitra: That was not the point when SAP acquired Ariba right? Keith Krach: Yes, 15 years ago. Sramana Mitra: Why did you let go of the CEO job?

January 24 – 429th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 429th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, January 24, 2019, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 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

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Raj Agarwal, CEO of Medocity (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: I’m just trying to understand the trends of this industry. If a technology provider is selling into the pharmaceutical industry in the digital therapeutics use case, how else is a digital therapeutics use case going to pan out commercially? Raj Agarwal: It’s early in the game. That’s a new trend. There are three

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Best of Bootstrapping: Why is Bootstrapping Important?

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Over the last decade and more, I’ve had the privilege of working with a large number of bootstrapped entrepreneurs. These include self-financed companies and also modestly capitalized startups that operate in a capital-efficient manner applying the principles of bootstrapping. [You can review my Bootstrapping Course to

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Man and Superman: Augmentation of the Human Brain

As automation devastates the fundamental economic model of the human civilization, we are faced with the option of augmenting the human brain such that ALL unskilled, low-IQ humans become upgraded. I wrote on this topic last year: Man and Superman: Can Displaced Blue Collar Workers Become Doctors? Since then, Elon Musk has made public statements about

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From Zero to a Market Cap Bigger than General Motors: Keith Krach, Founder of Ariba (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: You were basically selling license software at this point right? Keith Krach: Yes, we were selling license software. We said, “If we’re ever going to do this again, we’re going to pull as much expense as we can and push as much revenue out as we can. When it came to recognized revenue,

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