Sash Sunkara, Founder and CEO at RackWare, is a rare example of a female startup CEO who has built a sizable venture funded technology company in hardcore tech. She shared her journey and the discussion was enlightening.
Amit Gupta, Co-Founder of InMobi, knowing my aversion to ‘Valuation Without Revenue’ Unicorns, starts off by telling us that InMobi’s valuation is firmly anchored in revenues. He goes on to discuss InMobi’s strategy for going global, and highlights the unorthodox nature of the journey.
Arjun Dev Arora, Founder of ReTargeter and currently Venture Partner at 500 Startups, has a great deal of domain expertise in AdTech, and we spent most of the discussion on that topic.
Bhavin Parikh, CEO and Founder of Magoosh, has built an incredibly capital efficient venture, and we discuss his philosophy, strategy, and tactics.
Blaine Vess, Co-founder of StudyMode, discusses how he made multiple business model shifts, and eventually scaled his company to $20 million in revenue with a sub 1% freemium conversion rate.
Entrepreneurs building their startups outside of Silicon Valley and interested in learning how venture capitalists and investors work with and support local ventures should listen to the following selection of 30-minute podcast interviews. Seattle, Washington: Jason Stoffer, Maveron – Jason Stoffer is General Partner at Maveron, a consumer-only venture capital firm that has had a
Ambarish Gupta, Founder and CEO of Knowlarity, discusses the business of selling SaaS to Indian SMBs.
Greg Gianforte, Founder and CEO of RightNow Technologies, took the company public, and later sold it to Oracle for $1.5 billion. He made an unorthodox choice of building the company mainly in Montana. Today, RightNow (now Oracle) is one of Montana’s largest employers.