categories
HOT TOPICS
- The Accelerator Conundrum
- The Startup Velocity Question
- Platform as a Service
- Man and Superman
- Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS)
- The Future: End of Capitalism
- Capitalism 2.0
Handling Logistics for E-Commerce Vendors: Maria Haggerty, COO, and Bill Follett, CEO – Dotcom Logistics (Part 7)
Sramana: I agree that if small businesses have to handle their own logistics, it is another hindrance to their growth. My recommendation to smaller e-commerce companies is for them to outsource their logistics. I’m not sure if you are the right place for those types of companies to go to, however, because your standards are
Handling Logistics for E-Commerce Vendors: Maria Haggerty, COO, and Bill Follett, CEO – Dotcom Logistics (Part 6)
Sramana: How would you handle very small startup companies? Would you like to hear from them? Maria Haggerty: Absolutely. If there is a small company with a great idea, then we would love to talk to them. We have a very small company that was founded by young woman with no VC backing. She is
Handling Logistics for E-Commerce Vendors: Maria Haggerty, COO, and Bill Follett, CEO – Dotcom Logistics (Part 5)
Sramana: How have you ran your sales operation? Do you have telesales or some sort of sales force? Maria Haggerty: We are putting a lot of focus on growing our business this year, which has resulted in us developing our first real marketing and sales program. Up until 2012, every customer that we have brought
Handling Logistics for E-Commerce Vendors: Maria Haggerty, COO, and Bill Follett, CEO – Dotcom Logistics (Part 4)
Sramana: How did you manage the financial engineering of the company? Maria Haggerty: We raised $5 million in the early stages from angel investors. Our angel investors put money into the company through 2004. Sramana: Raising $5 million from angel investors is quite substantial. Who did you raise that money from? Maria Haggerty: We started
Handling Logistics for E-Commerce Vendors: Maria Haggerty, COO, and Bill Follett, CEO – Dotcom Logistics (Part 3)
Sramana: How did your third and fourth years of business look? Maria Haggerty: As we continued to build the business and grow, we continued to build out our sales team. Our first real break came in 2004. Bill had served as chairman of the board of Lighthouse International, and I was a co-chair of a
Handling Logistics for E-Commerce Vendors: Maria Haggerty, COO, and Bill Follett, CEO – Dotcom Logistics (Part 2)
Sramana: Let’s bit about that first customer and how you got up and running. What were the dynamics of getting your foot in the door in that industry? Bill Follet: Our business plan had to be adjusted almost immediately. We decided that if we were going to attract the right kind of customers, we would
Handling Logistics for E-Commerce Vendors: Maria Haggerty, COO, and Bill Follett, CEO – Dotcom Logistics (Part 1)
Maria Haggerty and Bill Follett are the founders of Dotcom Logistics, the premier distribution partner for dot-com businesses. The company was founded in 1999 when online distribution was a significant challenge. Maria is a graduate of the University of Houston and spent five years at Arthur Andersen prior to founding Dotcom Logistics. Bill is a
Transitioning from a Developer to a Distributor of Mobile Games: Lon Otremba, CEO of Tylted (Part 7)
Sramana: If there is a small company looking to launch a new game on your platform, what kind of terms would you offer them? Lon Otremba: I won’t go into specifics, but we will offer a more favorable revenue share. They get greater than 50% of virtual goods revenue share, and we will share ad