1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Eghosa Omoigui of EchoVC Partners (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Eghosa Omoigui was recorded in May 2019. Eghosa Omoigui is Managing Partner at EchoVC Partners, a firm focused on the African market. This is a fascinating discussion about African startups and venture

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Today’s 449th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, July 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!

Guidewire Counts on Platform Partners for Growth

According to a research report published earlier this year, the global SaaS market is estimated to grow 21% annually over the period 2018 through 2023. The growth in the market is expected to be driven by banking, financial services, and the insurance sectors. Insurance services provider Guidewire Software (NYSE: GWRE) is benefiting from this high

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Building Two Open-Source Startups in a Row: Sysdig CEO Loris Degioanni (Part 3)

Loris Degioanni: What we did was, we created a new project based on the same code base. It was called Wireshark. This was 2006. Wireshark was an immediate success. We put a bunch of resources behind it. We told Gerald, “Just keep working on this and make the community happy.” After 13 years, Wireshark is

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Building Two Open-Source Startups in a Row: Sysdig CEO Loris Degioanni (Part 2)

Loris Degioanni: While I was in New Zealand doing the internship, a professor from the United States texted me saying he’s working in the field of packet catcher. He found WinPcap. He would like to invite somebody from the research group to do research in the United States. I was in New Zealand, so I

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Cloud Stocks: Zoom is Not Bothered by Cisco or Microsoft

According to a Grand View Market Research report, the global video conferencing market is estimated to grow 9% annually through to 2025 from $3.4 billion in 2017. Zoom Video Communications (Nasdaq: ZM) is a strong performer in the industry as was evident from their recent quarterly results.

Building Businesses in Aftermarket Designer Merchandise: ShopWorn CEO Richard Birnbaum (Part 6)

Richard Birnbaum: When I gave you the example of their cost of goods at 8% of retail, nothing is a secret. If we’re able to buy aged inventory from the stores, depending on the brand, deal and condition, it’s worth paying anywhere between 15 cents to 35 cents on retail price. We’re giving a terrific

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