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Celebrating MIT’s 150th Anniversary: Alumni Ian Clemens, Founder Of IDV Solutions (Part 4)
Sramana: How did you meet and get to know Mark Morrison, your co-founder? Ian Clemens: We were introduced by a mutual acquaintance who was an employee of Mark’s at his previous company. This person had talked with me and understood what my vision and goal was. Mark had been a serial entrepreneur, so the two
Celebrating MIT’s 150th Anniversary: Alumni Ian Clemens, Founder Of IDV Solutions (Part 3)
Sramana: At that point did you start selling visualization software as a product? Ian Clemens: We do a lot of that now at IDV Solutions. We are definitely a software solutions company. However, we did not sell any products like that at the consulting firm. After I left the consulting firm I went to another
Celebrating MIT’s 150th Anniversary: Alumni Ian Clemens, Founder Of IDV Solutions (Part 2)
Sramana: Did you begin doing data visualization work within the scope of your consulting work? Ian Clemens: Yes. I was consulting, but I kept wondering what the best way to deliver the results of the consulting would be. Traditionally that is done through charts and reports. I really became interested in how to better deliver
Celebrating MIT’s 150th Anniversary: Alumni Ian Clemens, Founder Of IDV Solutions (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Ian Clemens is the co-founder and chief technology officer for IDV Solutions. Ian is an expert in interactive data visualization, location intelligence and business intelligence software, and has authored a number of articles on the topic in publications including DM Review and Directions Magazine. Prior to
Building A Billion-Dollar Solar Company: Canadian Solar CEO Shawn Qu (Part 7)
Sramana: You are among the top six solar cell manufacturers. How do you compete? Is this market commoditizing, or is there still technical differentiation in the marketplace? Shawn Qu: The market has grown very fast in the past few years. I think that we have come to a point where pure growth via manufacturing capacity
Building A Billion-Dollar Solar Company: Canadian Solar CEO Shawn Qu (Part 6)
Sramana: It appears that other than Canada, your primary market has been Europe. Shawn Qu: Europe is the leader. We also have very strong sales in the Asia Pacific area as well as in North America. We sell a lot to the U.S. and Canada. We also sell a steady supply into Korea and have
Building A Billion-Dollar Solar Company: Canadian Solar CEO Shawn Qu (Part 5)
Sramana: To enter the German market you had to develop a different solar panel. How did that affect your manufacturing process? Shawn Qu: The principles remain the same, and the quality of the system remained the same. By 2004 we were a tier 1 supplier for Volkswagen and had been certified to the automotive supplier’s
Building A Billion-Dollar Solar Company: Canadian Solar CEO Shawn Qu (Part 4)
Sramana: Your previous employers were willing to work with you because of your reputation as a scientist as well as because of the potential new sales channels your business could provide? Shawn Qu: Yes, but they were more helpful than they had to be. They also let me talk to their suppliers as well. With