Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Marc Ferrentino, CTA Of Salesforce (Part 9)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Siddharth Garg Marc Ferrentino: Well, going beyond the Salesforce app exchange and just to come to the space as a whole, I still think there are cloud management solutions. I think that is an interesting place and there are only a handful of solutions out there to keep the

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Child Entrepreneur David Koretz, Now CEO Of Mykonos Software (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: By this point of your career you had founded three successful companies. What are some of your tips on customer acquisition and how to build businesses?  David Koretz: There is an interesting challenge of risk. For a long time BlueTie was way out ahead of Google and Microsoft. When they began doing Web-based

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Child Entrepreneur David Koretz, Now CEO Of Mykonos Software (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What was the concept behind the business you founded just as you went to Babson?  David Koretz: It was an information sales business. It was a Dun and Bradstreet and Axiom type of company. At the time all of those products were all offline products and we were going to take them online.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Marc Ferrentino, CTA Of Salesforce (Part 8)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Siddharth Garg Marc Ferrentino: Well, yes, when I am thinking of social CRM, I am thinking of communities; I am thinking of your own communities. But not just our own; I am thinking of also engaging customers on Twitter, Facebook, and a handful of other social media platforms out

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Child Entrepreneur David Koretz, Now CEO Of Mykonos Software (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: You navigated a sizable business from 14 to 18 years of age. Did you parents get involved in it?  David Koretz: My parents and my grandfather were not involved and that was intentional on my part. I went to high school on various schedules. It was not official, but I just did it.

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Child Entrepreneur David Koretz, Now CEO Of Mykonos Software (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: How did you learn about home automation and energy efficiency at the age of 14?  David Koretz: I used to read trade journals such as CES Today and Asian Trade Sources. I signed up for some journals as a distributor, and it allowed me to see all of the latest technologies coming out

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Marc Ferrentino, CTA Of Salesforce (Part 7)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Siddharth Garg Marc Ferrentino: Does that make sense? Sramana Mitra: Yes, that makes sense. MF: It is not easy. I am trying to make it simple but it really is not easy. It is an incredible technical challenge, but this is part of that of what we do. We

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Child Entrepreneur David Koretz, Now CEO Of Mykonos Software (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Sramana Mitra:  David, let’s start at the beginning of your story. What is the genesis of your entrepreneurial roots? David Koretz: I grew up in Rochester, New York. Like a lot of entrepreneurs, my journey started earlier, more informally than it did formally. My parents owned a

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