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Serial Entrepreneur Building a Luxury Business: Trevor Traina, CEO of IfOnly (Part 1)
Trevor has built several businesses and is now working in a segment that he naturally aligns with—luxury experiences. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal story. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? Trevor Traina: I was born and raised in San Francisco. On my father’s side, I’m
Unicorn in The Making: Ross Mason, Founder of MuleSoft (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: Do you have drivers that a lot of people need that you’re making significant business out of? Have you seen that? Ross Mason: We certainly see clusters around certain SaaS applications. Obviously, Salesforce is leading the charge on enterprise. They really opened up that market. As such, we have a very strong relationship
Unicorn in The Making: Ross Mason, Founder of MuleSoft (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: You decided to come back to London? Ross Mason: Yes. On the way back, we went through the Pacific Islands. My wife said, “Let’s stop in San Francisco because we haven’t seen it. You talk about it a lot.” When I landed in San Francisco, there was this conference JavaOne, which was very
Unicorn in The Making: Ross Mason, Founder of MuleSoft (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Were you working with other clients? Of course, you had deep insight into the problem with your experience but did you also work with other clients at that time? Ross Mason: The way it came about was in 2003, I decided to leave the company I was working at and go traveling through
Unicorn in The Making: Ross Mason, Founder of MuleSoft (Part 1)
Ross bootstrapped Mulesoft with a paycheck and also with services. Now, the company has raised over $130 million—the last round at an $800 million valuation. Very interesting story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were your born and raised? Ross Mason: I was born
Aiming to Dominate Real Estate Brokerage: Robert Reffkin, CEO of Urban Compass (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: I think that’s only partially true because the level at which valuations are going out of control right now is way beyond the kind of rational justification that you presented. Robert Reffkin: Uber has raised $40 billion. You can say that’s a huge valuation. If a majority of cars in the country are
Building an Exciting Healthcare IT Company From Chicago: LaunchPoint CEO Terry Ryan (Part 7)
Sramana Mitra: Is there anything else from your strategic thought process that you want to share that has helped you achieve what you’ve achieved so far? Terry Ryan: I would just like to touch for a moment on VCs, private equity, and growth capital, I’ve done all the above. When people talk to me about that
Aiming to Dominate Real Estate Brokerage: Robert Reffkin, CEO of Urban Compass (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: You said you raised a lot of money. What’s the total amount of financing you raised? Robert Reffkin: $73 million. Sramana Mitra: Why have you raised so much money? What have you done with that money? Robert Reffkin: We raised $73 million because we wanted to hire the best people we possibly could.