Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Sashi Narahari, CEO of HighRadius (Part 1)

Companies like Blackline, Bill.com, Anaplan all automate various CFO office functions. HighRadius is yet another excellent company automating a piece of the finance function.

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Serial Entrepreneurship in CAD: SolidWorks and Onshape Founder Jon Hirschtick (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: What did you do in terms of getting OnShape off the ground? Did you raise venture money? From whom?  Jon Hirschtick: I got a founding team together. Guess who’s on the founding team? Tommy and Dave. The guy who had supervised me in ‘81 and had been my SolidWorks co-founder had bought me

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Catching Up On Readings: Cloud IPOs

This feature from Bloomberg Opinion by Tae Kim analyzes the demand for IPOs of cloud-based companies like nCino. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Serial Entrepreneurship in CAD: SolidWorks and Onshape Founder Jon Hirschtick (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What prompted that decision to sell? Jon Hirschtick: It came down to three things. My criteria are winning the market, working with great people, and making money. Both routes made money. This could help us win the market. People like going public because they’re fascinated with it.

Serial Entrepreneurship in CAD: SolidWorks and Onshape Founder Jon Hirschtick (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Any other strategic decisions that you made in building SolidWorks?  Jon Hirschtick: One is, we decided to sell exclusively through a dealer channel. We would not sell directly. If you want to buy SolidWorks, you have to go through dealers. That was a huge decision. It had all kinds of implications. It turned

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494th Roundtable Recording on July 16, 2020: With Dan Roselli, CFV Ventures

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 494th 1Mby1M Roundtable July 16, 2020: With Dan Roselli, CFV Ventures

Best of Bootstrapping: RushOrderTees CEO Bootstraps to $23M

From setting up a printing machine in the dining room to $23 million in revenue, RushOrderTees CEO Michael Nemeroff’s journey is one of steady, diligent execution. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were your born, raised, and in what kind of background? Michael Nemeroff: I was born

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Chini Krishnan, CEO of GetInsured (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Is there an example of what cannot be done without technology? Chini Krishnan: Absolutely. Let’s take a couple of examples. A big part of what consumers need to navigate is decision support. If I’m eligible for the Affordable Care Act in California, I’ve got to figure out two things. One is the amount

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