Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: So there is a lot going on in the virtual currency payment space. That whole area right now is very active innovation-wise. Jeff Lawson: Yes. Sramana Mitra: It’s probably the most active it has been in a long time.

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio (Part 6)

Jeff Lawson: Now what you’re seeing in Web 2.0 is this more vertically integrated approach where instead of just veneer on top of the existing industry, you actually have companies that are cutting all the way through the stack and existing industry to provide a better solution overall. Coming back to homes, I can now

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September 25 – 231st 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 231st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, September 25, 2014, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/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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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: How big is your developer ecosystem? I imagine that part of your strategy is to unleash the whole creativity of the developer ecosystem on your platform. Jeff Lawson: Yes, we have over 400,000 developers using our platform. Sramana Mitra: Are these large companies? What’s the mix of that ecosystem?

230th Roundtable Recording On September 18, 2014: With Jason Stoffer, Maveron

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: You can find the dates and register for upcoming roundtables here. Book: From E-Commerce to Web 3.0

Roundtable Recap: September 18 – From eCommerce to Web 3.0 with Jason Stoffer, Partner, Maveron

Today’s roundtable kicked off with a great discussion with Jason Stoffer of Maveron. Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm that has had a successful track record of investing in e-commerce ventures ranging from eBay, Shutterfly, Groupon to the more recent Zulily. They also invest in education ventures. In today’s discussion with Jason, some of

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: This is a very good discussion. Give me some more interesting use cases. What other segments or interesting creative ideas are you seeing in your developer ecosystem? Jeff Lawson: We’ve got pretty much every sharing account including companies like Airbnb and TaskRabbit. In the sharing economy, you use technology to connect supply and demand

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230th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 230th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, September 18, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.