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Bootstrapping from Canada: FluidWare Co-CEO Aydin Mirzaee (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Aydin Mirzaee is the co-CEO and co-founder of Fluidware (formerly Chide.it), an Internet software company which offers feedback solutions in the form of FluidSurveys and ReviewRoom. Prior to co-founding Fluidware he was the CEO of bOK Systems Corp, and he also has experience working R&D at
Moving a Technology Company from Israel to America: Perfecto Mobile CEO Eran Yaniv (Part 7)
Sramana: What does your ecosystem look like? Who are some of the other players in this market? Eran Yaniv: The other players are partners that can resell and provide partners on top of our platform. That can include companies like Accenture and the other major players in this market. There are a lot of those
Moving a Technology Company from Israel to America: Perfecto Mobile CEO Eran Yaniv (Part 6)
Sramana: When it comes to the device platform, where do you see the maximum activity? Does it roughly correlate with the market share of the operating systems? Eran Yaniv: I don’t think there are any surprises. It correlates very nicely with the operating systems. As a specific platform, the iPhone 5 is a highly utilized
Moving a Technology Company from Israel to America: Perfecto Mobile CEO Eran Yaniv (Part 5)
Sramana: How has your company developed over time? Since you evolved into an enterprise product, how has your deal size changed? Eran Yaniv: I can give you an example. There is a company on the retail side that started with us using a $500 a month subscription. When we looked at their usage, we saw
Moving a Technology Company from Israel to America: Perfecto Mobile CEO Eran Yaniv (Part 4)
Sramana: Given that you were facing a tricky market with uncertain revenues, how were you able to finance the cash requirements to keep your human capital? Eran Yaniv: We did not have enough revenue coming in to keep the status quo. When you make the right decisions financially and organizationally, then your VCs will appreciate
Moving a Technology Company from Israel to America: Perfecto Mobile CEO Eran Yaniv (Part 3)
Sramana: How did you finance the company? Did you get the VCs to finance the concept? Eran Yaniv: That is an interesting question. The concept we had in place that we were going to use to target mobile developers needed some engineering development. It did not need too much, but to prove the concept we
Moving a Technology Company from Israel to America: Perfecto Mobile CEO Eran Yaniv (Part 2)
Sramana: What was the premise on which you founded Perfecto Mobile? Eran Yaniv: I have two small stories from my past that I can tell to answer that question. When I worked for Converse, we would develop instant mobile applications for mobile operators in the U.S. We developed them in Israel and then came here
Moving a Technology Company from Israel to America: Perfecto Mobile CEO Eran Yaniv (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Eran Yaniv is the CEO and founder of Perfecto Mobile, a company which provides cloud based mobile testing, automation, and monitoring products and services. Prior to founding Perfecto Mobile, he was the vice president of product marketing at Comverse America. He also served as the general