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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ron Heinz of Signal Peak Ventures (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Ron Heinz was recorded in May 2017. Ron Heinz, Founder and Managing Director at Signal Peak Ventures, a venture firm operating mostly in the Rocky Mountain corridor, discusses what’s happening in Utah, as well
Building a Fast Growing FinTech Company from Utah: MX CEO Ryan Caldwell (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: What was the financial engineering behind the acquisition? Ryan Caldwell: We acquired their company for mostly stock in MX. Sramana Mitra: You said you and a few others invested in the company and got things going. At subsequent financings, what were some of the milestones that you managed to knock off? Ryan Caldwell:
Building a Fast Growing FinTech Company from Utah: MX CEO Ryan Caldwell (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: What about customer validation? How did you get this off the ground in terms of the early customers and customer input early on? Ryan Caldwell: We had to take really good care of the end user, which is our largest concern. If we don’t take good care of the customer, we can’t take
Building a Fast Growing FinTech Company from Utah: MX CEO Ryan Caldwell (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What happens after? Ryan Caldwell: I went to do consulting. I wanted to be at the heart of San Francisco. I did consulting for companies like Microsoft and Visa in London and Singapore. Sramana Mitra: What was the next major thing that you did after selling this company? Ryan Caldwell: I gained some
Building a Fast Growing FinTech Company from Utah: MX CEO Ryan Caldwell (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Ryan self-financed, with some seed money, a FinTech company selling to small financial institutions. Today, the company has delivered 185% y-o-y growth for five consecutive years. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised,
Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Utah: HireVue CEO Mark Newman (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: You’re doing this all from Utah. Is that still the structure of the company? Mark Newman: Yes, 60% of our team is in Utah. 30% is spread throughout the United States. These are people that work from home. Then, 10% of our team is global. Sramana Mitra: What has your experience been like
Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later from Utah: Hirevue CEO Mark Newman (Part 4)
Mark Newman: In 2009 to 2010, it was all about market validation around getting our first big customers in terms of big enterprise brands. These were brands like Red Bull, Hilton Worldwide. Second part was getting validation and integration with the big partners. We got partnerships with Taleo and Kenexa. Third was getting outside market
Building a Marketing Software Company from Utah: Convirza CEO Jason Wells (Part 7)
Sramana Mitra: They should and they do, but from a software design point of view, you have to keep in mind that they’re two different departments. You can’t assume that the user and user interface are going to be exactly the same. Jason Wells: We learned that over the next couple of years as we
