Cloud Stocks: Analysis of Splunk’s PaaS Strategy

Big data player Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) continues to focus on its cloud bets. But the company is failing to deliver in the shorter term. It recently announced its second quarter results which failed to meet market expectations. Its outlook fell short as well, but its cloud metrics continue to impress the market.

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Bootstrapping a Marketplace from Brazil: Diego Gomes, CEO of Rock Content (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: Why did Matt join your company? Diego Gomes: We were growing and delivering good results with marketing our products. Our product was evolving and was generating leads, but we were struggling with learning sales. Our founders and the whole team was not familiar in that area.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Joe Silver (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Perhaps we should work together to some extent, this is very aligned to what I do. I can understand why you guys approached us to be featured. Is there anything else that you want to add to what you have shared so far? Joe Silver: A couple of additional interesting things about our

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Cloud Stocks: Palo Alto Continues to Acquire

The rising remote working trend is translating to an increased need for stronger security globally. Security players like Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:PANW) are benefitting from this transition as was evident in its quarterly performance. The company continues to acquire even in the current climate.

Bootstrapping a Marketplace from Brazil: Diego Gomes, CEO of Rock Content (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: The first year revenue was $800,000, and then how did that grow? Diego Gomes: It started at $800,000, then it grew to $1.3 million to $2 million to $8 million. I would say between the year we grew our revenues from $2 million to $8 million was when we accelerated the most. We

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Rendezvous Online Recording: September 1, 2020

Some audience questions answered by Sramana: – What are the best bootstrapping techniques? – What is your opinion of “failing is not bad?” It’s a way to learn for entrepreneurs. – Why do you advise entrepreneurs not to raise funding at the early stages of business development? – How can I get feedback from you

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Joe Silver (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: How does that split out of the 700 investments you’ve made? How many follow the route of going on to venture capital? How many continue to bootstrap? Is there any other nuance to it? Joe Silver: Of the companies that have exited our portfolio, which is about 15%, it’s split down the middle.

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490th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with David Barrett, Expensify

David Barrett, Founder and CEO of Expensify, has a terrific back and forth with me on a wide-ranging set of topics, including FinTech. Very, very interesting conversation.