Sinclair Schuller, CEO and Co-Founder of Apprenda, built this enterprise software company with $55 million in financing from Upstate New York. He has raised funding from Silicon Valley, but without moving here. Listen to what he has to say about moving to the Valley.
T.M. Ravi is Managing Director and Co-founder of The Hive, a venture studio. The discussion touches upon a couple of key issues: the prevalent incubator/accelerator model of 3-month classes, we agreed, is bogus; and the Future of Work: Utopia or Dystopia?
Alexandre Wentzo, CEO of Casewise, an enterprise software company that started in London and has scaled in the US. The company is self-financed and did $24 Million in revenue last year. Our discussion focuses on some of the nuances of starting an enterprise software company in Europe and scaling it in the US.
Whether born and raised in India or of Indian descent, these successful tech entrepreneurs each brought something very special to a problem that led them to build their solutions into some very nice businesses. If you are looking for some inspiration today, especially as an Indian entrepreneur, please have a listen to these stories shared
Demitris Memos is CEO of MarineTraffic, a $5M+ revenue startup from Greece. Much of Southern Europe, especially Greece, is in economic trouble, and there is an exodus of talent. It is great to see Demitris’ success story against that backdrop.
Jon Ellis, Founder of Investorist, has raised ALL his equity financing from customers. This interview is very much worth listening to for those looking for alternative financing strategies besides Venture Capital.
Ludovic Huraux, Co-founder and CEO of Attractive World, and now Shapr, discusses his journey from conception to exit. Among his many interesting points was a specific highlight on how he raised money from 80 investors.
Stephan Goss, CEO of Zeeto, has bootstrapped a traffic arbitrage business to $42 million in 2015 revenue. If you are working on an affiliate marketing / lead generation type of business, this is a useful conversation.