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Cracking the Very Small Business Market: PayCycle CEO Jim Heeger (Part 10)
SM: That is good insight to carry to the audience in this particular type of business. I have heard that about the GoToMeeting product as well, that they have no vertical bias at all. They are trying to focus on very small businesses as well, and are finding no vertical alignment whatsoever. Switching topics, you
Building the Electronic Arts of Casual Gaming: PlayFirst CEO John Welch (Part 9)
SM: Describe some of your team building experiences. Is your management team complete now? JW: The first hire was the toughest. We raised $5 million on a PowerPoint deck and the promise that we knew the industry better than anyone. But then weeks went by and we couldn’t seem to find the right people to
Taking on Business Intelligence: Lucidera CEO Ken Rudin (Part 8)
SM: Describe some of your team building experiences. Is your management team complete now? KR: Finding the right executive team members can be a nerve-wracking experience. You are essentially giving a huge amount of responsibility to a person who in many cases you’ve only known for a few weeks during the interview process. A key
Re-engineering the Book Business: Blurb CEO, Eileen Gittins (Part 5)
SM: How did you penetrate the market and get early traction? EG: Word of mouth driven by a great and viral product and turbo charged with amazing PR. SM: What stage are you at now? Revenue? Profitability? Traffic? Titles? Any other metrics you track? EG: Blurb expects turnover between $5-10MM in 2007, its first full
Job Search Engine Indeed CEO Paul Forster (Part 4)
SM: Describe some of your team building experiences. Is your management team complete now? PF: We’ve built an extremely talented team across the board – from developers to sales executives. A large proportion found their jobs through Indeed itself, which is gratifying. We’re continuing to build the team and our current open positions are listed
It’s a Marathon, not a Sprint
By Dharma Kuthanur, Guest Author Starting this column on a personal note, it so happens that both my former company (a VoIP infrastructure provider) and my wife’s former company (an optical networking company) are planning to do their IPOs this year. In the tech IPO-starved times in which we live, this probably counts as both
It’s A “Dry” Cold… (Part 2)
By Calvin McElroy, Guest Author [Second part of Cal’s review of the Canadian Venture Finance scene]
It’s A “Dry” Cold… (Part 1)
by Calvin McElroy, Guest Author [Cal writes a funny and informative piece on the Canadian Venture Capital industry. The good news: Entrepreneurship in Canada is alive and well.]
