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Building a Robust Business with Eugene (Oregon) Angels Investors: Jake Weatherly, CEO of SheerId (Part 3)
Sramana: When you set out to deliver an eligibility verification service and technology, did you have specific questions that you wanted to frame the capability around? Jake Weatherly: One of the things that we uncovered in the early stages in terms of personally identifiable information, where security is a huge concern, is the need to
Building a Robust Business with Eugene (Oregon) Angels Investors: Jake Weatherly, CEO of SheerId (Part 2)
Sramana: What years were you at WebEx? Jake Weatherly: I was there from 2005 to 2006. I was there when the company was preparing for an acquisition. It was a fantastic experience and I was fortunate enough to be there during the acquisition. I stayed there for a quarter after the acquisition before I was
Building a Robust Business with Eugene (Oregon) Angels Investors: Jake Weatherly, CEO of SheerId (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Jake is the co-founder and CEO of SheerID, an online shopping cart platform which provides instant, seamless group verification. For more than 15 years, Jake has focused his career on entrepreneurship and small business growth. He has traveled the world to teach business and marketing planning
Internet Advertising Pioneer: Kevin O’Connor, Founder of DoubleClick and FindTheBest (Part 7)
Sramana: We have seen several bubbles in our industry. First the dot com, second Web 2.0, and now the app craze. Investors made very irrational decisions in each of these bubbles. When will they learn? Why don’t people ever learn? Kevin O’Connor: There are probably a couple of reasons why. I am fairly skeptical of
Internet Advertising Pioneer: Kevin O’Connor, Founder of DoubleClick and FindTheBest (Part 6)
Sramana: How do you determine a non-linear career path? What is that conversation like? Kevin O’Conn0r: Organizations go through different stages. If you are in an early stage, then an individual’s career development is in his or her hands. When you get to a bigger company, career paths become far more linear. It is very
Internet Advertising Pioneer: Kevin O’Connor, Founder of DoubleClick and FindTheBest (Part 5)
Sramana: Part of the advantage in vertical search is the ability to zero in on a market segment using a precise taxonomy. Kevin O’Connor: Absolutely. That is why we built a platform that lets us handle virtually any taxonomy. If you look at shopping comparison engines, you will see they are a price comparison engine,
Internet Advertising Pioneer: Kevin O’Connor, Founder of DoubleClick and FindTheBest (Part 4)
Sramana: One of the core philosophies of our incubator is that over 99% of business that seek venture or angel financing get rejected. In the reject pool, there are a lot of solid mid-sized businesses. They will not be massive, but they can be solid profitable businesses. Kevin O’Connor: I agree. Every top VC going
Internet Advertising Pioneer: Kevin O’Connor, Founder of DoubleClick and FindTheBest (Part 3)
Sramana: At that time people were still doing concept financing. The Internet happened because of concept financing. I wonder if the Internet would ever have happened if we did not have concept financing. Kevin O’Connor: I’m not sure I agree. Eventually everything shakes out in a capitalistic market. It took a bit longer for things
