Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: John McEleney, Head of Strategy, PTC (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What happens to the core CAD? Does that still remain mostly or generally an on-premise desktop-based system? John McEleney: For companies that have an install-base type of systems, the CAD geometric data is typically stored in a vault. They’re not necessarily moving it out of the vault to a different system.

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: John McEleney, Head of Strategy, PTC (Part 3)

John McEleney: One of the best things about a SaaS solution is that it’s very easy to get multiple people and locations to get onboard. The strategy with respect to Creo is to continue to improve the core base and then embrace and extend it with other cloud-related applications and functionalities. We’re not forklifting everybody

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504th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Suman Talukdar, AiSprouts.VC

Suman Talukdar is Founder and Managing Partner at AiSprouts.VC.

Bootstrapping to $10 Million: Coalition Technologies Co-Founder Jordan Brannon (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Your primary business has been the e-commerce services business. You sunsetted the call tracking business. Then the rest of the product portfolio supported your services business. There was no other product that really took off, but you have more products that you have introduced to the market. Jordan Brannon: Yes. We have a

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504th Roundtable Recording on October 8, 2020: With Suman Talukdar, AiSprouts.VC

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 504th 1Mby1M Roundtable October 8, 2020: With Suman Talukdar, AiSprouts.VC

Best of Bootstrapping: What Should Startups Do To Raise Seed Capital in 2021?

In general, Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later is the best strategy. You need to be ready to raise money. If you decide to raise money, I strongly suggest you read the 1Mby1M Seed Capital series of interviews on our blog ASAP. We’ve profiled investor after investor to understand their investment thesis. You need to get in their

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: John McEleney, Head of Strategy, PTC (Part 2)

John McEleney: When PTC acquired Computervision in early 2000s, they stumbled upon a company called Windshield Technologies that Computervision had invested in and ultimately acquired. Windshield was based out of Minnesota and founded by Jim Heppelmann. It was the first cloud-based PLM system. The idea behind it is that you can manage data with links

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Roundtable Recap: October 8 – Find Your Segment Within Large Markets

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Suman Talukdar, Founder and Managing Partner at AiSprouts.VC. Examd As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Shantanu Dev from Plainsboro, New Jersey, pitch Examd, an online exam proctoring solution.