Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstraps in Europe, Raises Money and Goes Global in the US

We’re seeing some excellent European companies make successful transitions into becoming global software companies. MP Objects CEO Martin Verwijmeren shares an excellent and inspiring story for European startups to emulate.

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?

Martin Verwijmeren: I’m from the Netherlands but living in Boston these days. Before moving to Boston, I lived in Amsterdam. I was working for our European headquarters in Rotterdam. Nowadays, I’m working from our US headquarters in Boston.

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Unicorn in the Making: Datrium CTO Sazzala Reddy (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How long did you work at Cohera?

Sazzala Reddy: I was there for a year or so. Then I started looking around. I had a friend who happened to be in a networking company called Cosine Communications. It was a slightly bigger company. Then the market crashed.

Driverless Car Startup Pony.ai Joins Unicorn Club

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: The Garage CEO Pranam Ben (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What about quantifying these use cases and their impact? Have you done anything that you can share with us?

Pranam Ben: Let’s take another use case of ER utilization. One of the things that we’ve struggled with is the over-utilization of emergency rooms in the country. We know what an ER visit costs. That’s been well-established.

Unicorn in the Making: Datrium CTO Sazzala Reddy (Part 1)

Datrium is executing very well in the cloud-based disaster recovery space. Read on for the company’s journey so far.

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?

January 22 – Rendezvous Meetup to Discuss the Probability of Raising Funds for Your Startup

For entrepreneurs interested to meet and chat with Sramana Mitra in person, please join us for our bi-monthly and informal group meetups. If you are living in the San Francisco Bay Area or are just in town for a visit, we hope you will add these meetups to your calendar and join us. Pre-registration is required, REGISTER HERE.

Location:
Café Borrone
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Time:
Wednesday, January 22, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. PST, Register Here.

Dataminr Leveraging AI to Manage Risk

According to a recent report by Fortune Business Insights, the global artificial intelligence market is estimated to grow 33% annually to $202.57 billion by 2026. New York-based Dataminr is using AI tools to help organizations mitigate and manage crises and opportunities effectively.

Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: The Garage CEO Pranam Ben (Part 1)

Pranam discusses trends and open opportunities in Healthcare IT.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to The Garage.

Pranam Ben: I’m the Founder and CEO of The Garage. The Garage is a very innovative company that started back in 2012 with a single-minded focus to transform healthcare.