Conserving Cash: Veodia CEO Guillaume Cohen (Part 2)

SM: How big did Envivio become, and what was your evolution with them? GC: I stayed with them for five years. They now have 120 employees; when I joined there were 15. At some point they were involved in too many markets and they had to focus.

Conserving Cash: Veodia CEO Guillaume Cohen (Part 1)

Guillaume Cohen is the founder and CEO of Veodia, an SaaS streaming video service. Before founding Veodia, Guillaume was head of enterprise business at Envivio. He led the founding of the Enterprise Work Group at the Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) and is a regular speaker at conferences. Here he shares his entrepreneurial journey with

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Hydro Energy Entrepreneur Wayne Krouse (Part 6)

SM: Outside of the US hydropower is viewed in a positive light. Here it has a stigma. Why is this? WK: I think there have been a number of large lawsuits brought by the environmental community over the years that the government has lost. They have dealt with the health of the ecosystem, and the Endangered

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Hydro Energy Entrepreneur Wayne Krouse (Part 5)

SM: How many people did you have helping you out on this? WK: It was just me. Towards the end of 2007 and in early 2008 I was out of funding and running on fumes. As we progressed into 2008 I was approached by Mike Draper about what we were doing.

Hydro Energy Entrepreneur Wayne Krouse (Part 4)

SM: What did you do when you got the patent in October of 2005? WK: I kissed it! I then put it in the bank vault.

Hydro Energy Entrepreneur Wayne Krouse (Part 3)

SM: So let’s go back to the point where you were seeing this in the Middle East. How long did it take you to jump ship and start your own thing? WK: I also read a book, Atlas Shrugged, at the same time I was making those trips.

Hydro Energy Entrepreneur Wayne Krouse (Part 2)

SM: What was unique about what you were doing? How did it change the environment you were operating in? WK: This particular product was different because we put it in the inlet of an ethylene furnace which can be 1,800–2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That is a very tough environment to work in from a chemical standpoint.

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Hydro Energy Entrepreneur Wayne Krouse (Part 1)

Wayne F. Krouse is the chairman, chief executive officer, and founder of Hydro Green Energy. He founded the company in 2002 after a short but distinguished career with Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals. He was the Research & Development chairperson of the National Hydropower Association in 2007. SM: Wayne, where do you come from? WK: I am

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