John discusses trends and opportunities within the manufacturing shop floor.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as L2L.
John Davagian: I’m the CEO at L2L. I’ve been the CEO for just about six months. I’ve spent 20 plus years in the SaaS industry, primarily on the go-to-market side, and most recently, in significantly scaling a business called Salsify. L2L is a leading SaaS platform built for global manufacturers. At its core, we deliver a pragmatic, innovative, and transformative solution.
>>>The toughest round of funding an entrepreneur seeks to raise is pre-seed investment. It sports the lowest probability of success, the highest amount of ambiguity, is poorly defined, and is causing the greatest amount of confusion and road wreck out there.
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>>>Udemy has over six million students who are learning Machine Learning on the platform. Many of these students are aspiring entrepreneurs.
Here is a list of Udemy entrepreneurship courses based on the 1Mby1M methodology that would help them put one foot before the other to get a startup strategy figured out.
>>>According to a recent market report, the global cyber security market size is expected to grow to $400 billion by 2027. The growth is expected to be driven by the SMB segment, which will witness a growth of 15% CAGR. Security player Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) continues to tap into the market through product upgrades and partnerships.
>>>According to a Forrester report, the Worldwide Intelligent Process Automation revenue is estimated to grow from $17 billion in 2020 to $30 billion by 2024. Earlier this summer, UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a key player in this market, went public.
>>>Brian discusses a gigantic white space in continuing education that colleges and universities have left open. Modern Campus is trying to address this gap, among other things. Very interesting conversation.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Modern Campus.
>>>We observed the movement of system administrators becoming DevOps engineers.
Sridhar is leading an effort of moving lab administrators becoming LabOps engineers with the help of cutting edge technology like IoT.
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