1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Mike Edelhart of Social Starts and Joyance 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 Mike Edelhart was recorded in August 2020. Mike Edelhart, Managing Partner at Social Starts and Joyance Partners, shares some fascinating developments from their portfolio, especially a healthcare startup that is thriving in

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Thursday, October 15 – 505th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 505th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 15, 2020, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 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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Recently Listed Asana has an API Focused Strategy

According to IDC, the markets for collaborative applications and project and portfolio management are expected to grow from $23 billion in 2020 to $32 billion in 2023. Work management platform Asana recently went public via a direct listing that valued it at $5.5 billion. 

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: John McEleney, Head of Strategy, PTC (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: My short experience with CAD in the early 2000’s timeframe was that mechanical design is one of the highest exit barrier industries. People don’t want to get out of the system. It makes innovation very difficult. John McEleney: We had a slide deck that said what’s happening in our industry. Over the last

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Cloud Stocks: Domo Growing Steadily

According to Gartner, the overall analytics and business intelligence software market grew by 10.4% to $24.8 billion in 2019. Modern BI platforms continue to be the fastest growing segment at 17.9%. Utah-based Domo (NASDAQ: DOMO) is a niche player in the BI market. It recently reported a strong second quarter that surpassed estimates and raised

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Catching Up On Readings: PC Market Q3 2020

This report from Canalys covers the growth trends in the global PC market, which benefited greatly from the COVID crisis and recorded a stellar 13% growth. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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.

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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