Bootstrapping from Belgium: iText CEO Bruno Lowagie (Part 1)

Bruno has bootstrapped a highly profitable company from Belgium. Now what? Sramana Mitra: Where are you from? Bruno Lowagie: I’m from Belgium. Sramana Mitra: I’m married to a Belgian. Were you born and raised in Belgium? Bruno Lowagie: Yes, I was born in Ypres, which is in the west of Flanders. I lived there until

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Bootstrapping Using Services From Colorado: InteliSecure CTO Chuck Bloomquist (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What is your plan going forward? You’re about $16 million. The market has appetite for what you bring to the table. Is it just basically doing more of the same thing? Is that an accurate summary of what your game plan is? Chuck Bloomquist: I definitely want to continue and expand in different

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April 30 – 257th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 257th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, April 30, 2015, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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256th Roundtable Recording On April 23, 2015: Billion Dollar Unicorns with Roman Stanek, CEO & Founder, GoodData

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

Bootstrapping Using Services From Colorado: InteliSecure CTO Chuck Bloomquist (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: I’m asking a very specific question. Maybe I should ask you a broader question. Is this still a services company or is this a product company now? Chuck Bloomquist: We are a services company. Products that we sell are developed by a variety of different organizations – Symantec, RSA, and Cisco. They have

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Roundtable Recap: April 23 – Billion Dollar Unicorns with Roman Stanek, Founder of GoodData

During today’s roundtable, we celebrated the launch of my book, Billion Dollar Unicorns, with Roman Stanek, CEO and Founder of GoodData. Roman is a serial entrepreneur, and discussed his thoughts about customer validation, go-to-market strategies, and the future of big data / business intelligence technologies in great depth. Envelop As for the pitches, first up,

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256th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 256th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, April 23, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

256th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 256th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, April 23, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!