Canadian Real Time Big Data Company’s Excellent Thought Leadership: Terapeak CEO Kevin North (Part 4)

Sramana: What year did you sell Dyadem? Kevin North: I sold the company in 2011. Sramana: Did you have to stay or were you free to move on? Kevin North: I had to stay for 10 months. I had to do the integration and I had revenue obligations to meet. I had to fulfill their

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Bootstrapping to $20 Million in Charleston, South Carolina: eGroup CEO Mike Carter (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: What is the target customer base? Mike Carter: Our target customer base is what we call the commercial mid-market. That would be organizations between 500 to 5,000 users. They typically fall into regional healthcare providers and financial service organizations – certainly not the large global organizations but regional and national groups.

Canadian Real Time Big Data Company’s Excellent Thought Leadership: Terapeak CEO Kevin North (Part 3)

Sramana: When did you decide to raise money? Kevin North: In 2006, I decided to raise money because we were experiencing some traction. We were still in single digits but that was a big improvement from 2004 when we still had less than $1 million in revenue. When I was raising money, we were at

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Bootstrapping to $20 Million in Charleston, South Carolina: eGroup CEO Mike Carter (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s anchor this on some dates. What year were you noodling with this idea? Mike Carter: I graduated from college in 1992. I immediately went to work for this tech startup called The Computer Group. That company was acquired in 1996 by IKON Office Solutions. It’s part of the overall document workflow type

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Canadian Real Time Big Data Company’s Excellent Thought Leadership: Terapeak CEO Kevin North (Part 2)

Sramana: In 1998, we were in the height of the dot com boom. I am sure it was a bit different in Toronto, but how much of that market momentum did you feel? Kevin North: We felt it a lot. It was a big thing because within 18 months of me joining Dyadem, my group

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Bootstrapping to $20 Million in Charleston, South Carolina: eGroup CEO Mike Carter (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Continuing our coverage of entrepreneurship far away from Silicon Valley, we bring you a conversation with Mike Carter, CEO of eGroup in Charleston, South Carolina. Typically, these environments have bred bootstrapped companies, and bootstrapping using services continues to be a popular method. Of late, incubators and

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Canadian Real Time Big Data Company’s Excellent Thought Leadership: Terapeak CEO Kevin North (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. We cover Big Data at length, both on Thought Leaders in Big Data and Entrepreneur Journeys. This story relates the tale of robust execution on a very insightful concept, delivering a real-time Big Data solution to merchants transacting on marketplaces like eBay. Sramana: Kevin, let’s start

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Ultra-Light Startup to $20 Million in Revenue: WatchUWant CEO OJ Whatley (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: How many people do you have? OJ Whatley: We currently have 20 employees. Sramana Mitra: That’s very good – 20 employees, $20 million in revenue. OJ Whatley: Half of those are sales associates. Sramana Mitra: That is my next question. What is the composition?  Half are sales associates, what is the other half

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