Raising a Series A with $10M in the Bank: Dean Stoecker, CEO of Alteryx (Part 4)

Sramana: How did people find out about FreeDemographics.com? Dean Stoecker: Everyone wanted free, and a lot of people needed demographic information. We were somewhat close to the Census Bureau. Managing that kind of data was hard, so we promoted the FreeDemographics.com website to help people get that data in a manageable format. We did a

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Raising a Series A with $10M in the Bank: Dean Stoecker, CEO of Alteryx (Part 3)

Sramana: In the 1M/1M program we teach company and product positioning religiously. Our mantra is to not spray and pray. Dean Stoecker: I think one of the key lessons for entrepreneurs is to be willing to say no. I can remember listening to my father when he was a kid, and he frequently told people

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Raising a Series A with $10M in the Bank: Dean Stoecker, CEO of Alteryx (Part 2)

Sramana: When you started off as system integrators, what were the systems you provided services for? Dean Stoecker: Our offering focused on cloud-based analytics applications ranging from media optimization to real estate site analytics. That was all based in the cloud. We were doing cloud services before the term was coined. Interestingly enough, we had

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151st Roundtable Recap: December 6 – New Year Challenge 2013

After the 150th roundtable celebration last week, we’re back to regular business! During this week’s roundtable, we had five entrepreneurs pitch. Before I talk about them, I’d like to encourage all entrepreneurs who want to apply for the 1M/1M New Year Challenge to submit completed applications. We have received a large number of incomplete applications,

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151st Roundtable Recording On December 6, 2012

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

151st Roundtable Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 151st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, December 6, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. IST. Click here to join.

151st Roundtable Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s FREE online 151st 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, December 6, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

1M/1M New Year Challenge 2013 To Award 12 Entrepreneurs Scholarships

The 1M/1M New Year Challenge 2013 is on! Through this competition, twenty entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to compete for twelve scholarships to the 1M/1M program – worth $1,000 each – by pitching their startup businesses during the 1M/1M online roundtable mentoring sessions on January 10 and January 17, 2013. To apply for this opportunity,

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