Serial Entrepreneur: HP Michelet (Part 3)

In this next segment of the interview, HP takes us through his view of the future market demand for fresh water with a particular emphasis on areas which ERI can address. We discover in dismay, that the water supply of California is likely to dry up in the next 40 years due to global warming.

Serial Entrepreneur: Philippe Courtot (Part 9)

Here Philippe discusses his current work with Qualys, where he Chairman and CEO.

Serial Entrepreneur: Philippe Courtot (Part 8)

In this next portion of the interview, Philippe discusses the Signio acquisition by Verisign.

Serial Entrepreneur: HP Michelet (Part 1)

Next in our serial entrepreneur series is a fascinating interview with Norwegian entrepreneur, HP Michelet, who is Executive Chairman of Energy Recovery Inc, known more commonly as ERI. As you would expect, HP is a serial entrepreneur, involved with 8 different businesses from software to cleantech to – hold your breath – a cod farm,

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Serial Entrepreneur: Philippe Courtot (Part 7)

In this segment of the interview, Philippe discusses his success with Signio, and the process of building its online payment solution. SM: What did you learn from the elephant hunting experience? PC: I did not know Asia very much, so I did not know the difference between the Asian mentality and the western mentality. I

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Serial Entrepreneur: Philippe Courtot (Part 6)

In this section, we explore some of the ways in which Philippe draws parallels between life and business. In the process, we discover his exchanges with Netscape’s know-all CEO Barksdale and Philippe’s next few mistakes.

Back to School

By Shomit Ghose, Guest Author [I just wrote a critical piece on VCs regurgitating the same ol’ words as their fund strategy, and I went to check my editorial console to find this wonderful new piece by my dear friend Shomit Ghose at Onset Ventures. Very original, and I am glad to see someone doing

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Serial Entrepreneur: Philippe Courtot (Part 5)

Our next segment of the interview is an incredible story where a small company of 10 takes on Microsoft, and wins. Philippe discusses his business strategy and how he was able to guide cc:Mail to success.