Serial Entrepreneur: Manoj Saxena (Part 1)

Our Serial Entreprenuer series continues with a fascinating interview with Manoj Saxena. In this first segment we explore his background up to the point of his first venture. SM: Where did you grow up? MS: I grew up in India. A city called Hyderabad most of my life and then we were down in Bombay.

Serial Entrepreneur: Peng Ong (Part 4)

After founding Interwoven, Peng Ong become involved in some unique projects with the government of Singapore and even tried retiring. However, he discovered he still had a passion for entreprenuership and founded his next company, Encentuate. We also gain some insight into his future goals. SM: After Interwoven did you found Encentuate right away, or

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Serial Entrepreneur: Peng Ong (Part 3)

We continue our interview with Peng Ong and talk about his next venture, Interwoven. Here Peng addresses some very interesting topics and his personal philosophy on risk. SM: So tell us the story of Interwoven. You put in your own money? PO: I think the interesting thing if you look at my career, usually the

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Serial Entrepreneur: Peng Ong (Part 2)

Previously, we discussed Peng Ong and his background. Today we begin to explore his first true entrepreneurial venture, Electric Classifieds, which spawned the creation of Match.com, the worlds largest online dating service. SM: How long was match.com? PO: I spent probably a total of less than a year totally active there. SM: So you were

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Serial Entrepreneur: Peng Ong (Part 1)

Here is an interview with Peng Ong, the first in a new Serial Entrepreneurial series. This series will highlight those entrepreneurs who have repeatedly been able to come up with innovative ideas for new ventures, been successful in their endeavors, and also failed, but most importantly, have taken in their stride a certain way of

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Investment Thesis: Warren Weiss (Part 2 – Final)

SM:What are your key investments and the rationale behind making those investments. This will help entrepreneurs understand how you process deals. WW: Energy markets present great opportunity for using IT to lower costs and improve operations. In the 90s there were companies — such as CellNet — that spotted this trend ahead of its time.

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Investment Thesis: Warren Weiss (Part 1)

Warren Weiss of Foundation Capital is our next interviewee in the series. The DNA of Foundation as a firm is “Sales”. Most of the partners come from a deep enterprise sales background, and hence, they’re very focused on trying to figure out whether or not whatever you are trying to market, can be sold, and

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Business 2010

By Lyla Kuriyan, Guest Author I believe that we are about to see a major innovation occur in the software industry that will transform the nature of midsize businesses through a convergence of technology and business. This view has also been espoused by industry luminaries, discussing the future of technology innovation. A few weeks ago,

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