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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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entrepreneur journey
Building Large Scale Enterprise Software Companies: Louis Tetu, Founder of Taleo, CEO of Coveo (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: How long did you stay at Baan? Louis Tetu: I stayed at Baan until 1998. The dynamics of Baan at that time, without going into too much detail, had changed quite a bit. Several of us left. Several started other companies. I was 34 years old. I was doing some investments in multiple
Building Large Scale Enterprise Software Companies: Louis Tetu, Founder of Taleo, CEO of Coveo (Part 1)
This interview gives us an opportunity to speak with a seasoned enterprise software entrepreneur who has founded and scaled a number of companies, including Taleo that went public, and was eventually acquired by Oracle for $1.9 billion. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your personal story. Where are you from? Where were you
Building a Global Education SaaS Company From India: WizIQ CEO Harman Singh (Part 7)
Harman Singh: I’m a fundamental believer that this is going to go a long way. No matter how much I have in the business, it’s the reputation that’s going to be there forever—not the exit. That was the gist of the whole thing. We are where we are and the investors are happy. Sramana Mitra:
Bootstrapping With A Paycheck From Atlanta: Ingenious Med Founder Steve Liu (Part 7)
Sramana Mitra: These two competitors that are heavily venture funded, what are their names? What is the situation right now? Are they comparable in revenue numbers? What metrics are you tracking for them? Steve Liu: Good question. I don’t know their revenue numbers. It’s an interesting time in this market right now. One of them
Bootstrapping With A Paycheck From Atlanta: Ingenious Med Founder Steve Liu (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: It sounds like the business was starting to become more of an enterprise business from there on. Steve Liu: Very much so, yes. Sramana Mitra: How did it scale? 2008 was when you made the transition to the new CEO. Between 2008 and 2014, what are the milestones and scaling strategies that you
Building a Global Education SaaS Company From India: WizIQ CEO Harman Singh (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: The angels invested on what thesis? Typically, investors look for investment thesis. What was the investment thesis? Harman Singh: The thesis was that educators want to be connected to students over the Internet. That thesis never changed. The business model was unknown, but this thesis hasn’t changed. It wasn’t about B2B or B2C.
Building a Global Education SaaS Company From India: WizIQ CEO Harman Singh (Part 3)
Sraman Mitra: In those four years, what kind of revenues were you pulling? How many people did you have? What was the scale of the business that you had built? Harman Singh: We reached about a couple of million dollars in revenue. Sramana Mitra: How many people did you have? Harman Singh: We had about
Building a Global Education SaaS Company From India: WizIQ CEO Harman Singh (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Harman Singh has put up a heroic effort to build a global education SaaS company from Chandigarh, India. Now, many years since his journey began, the company has started finding its stride. As the cliché goes, it’s a marathon, not a sprint! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at
