Cloud Stocks: Twilio Steps up Investment in 2020 to Preserve Growth Momentum

Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) is a leading player in the Communications PaaS segment that made it to our list of Top 20 Cloud Stocks for 2020. It recently reported a strong quarter that beat estimates but its profitability outlook was disappointing.

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: FundThrough CEO Steven Uster (Part 1)

This interview talks about the FinTech trends in invoice factoring. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as FundThrough. Steven Uster: I’m the Co-Founder and CEO of FundThrough. We are an invoice funding platform that bridges cash flow gaps for small businesses that invoice large customers and have to wait

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Catching Up On Readings: Netflix at Oscars 2020

This feature from TechCrunch covers the journey of Netflix at the Oscars 2020 where it won just two Oscars against 24 nominations. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Colors: Basque Hermitage, San Juan de Gaztelugatxe II

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping A Virtual Company To $25M

I am a huge fan of virtual companies, and here is one that has been built with excellent execution from London by a Russian entrepreneur, Percona CEO Peter Zaitsev. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Actifio CEO Ash Ashutosh (Part 5)

Ash Ashutosh: There’s more on the realty consumer side. This is more around what you do on your financial day-to-day mortgages but still in conjunction with the bank that I talked about. One mission was to make sure the customer of an enterprise had a good experience. The other one is to serve applications for

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ServiceNow’s Growth Mantras: AI, Verticals

Under the leadership of its newest CEO Bill McDermott, ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) recently reported a stellar quarter. The company outperformed market expectations for the quarter on all fronts, sending the stock soaring to a record high.

February 13 – 472nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 472nd FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, February 13, 2020, 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

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