Cleantech In Food: Purfresh CEO Dave Cope (Part 2)

SM: How long were you at Marimba?

DC: I stayed there for a while. I loved it, but it was a little heady. It was the beginning of the hype Internet days, and it ended up being about certain people and not very much about running a business. That ended up being a majority of my job, which was crazy. >>>

Roundtable Recap: June 24 – Three Startups That Can Hit One Million Dollars

Today’s roundtable overlapped with the Italy–Slovakia World Cup soccer game, which from what I can tell was quite exciting, albeit very disappointing for the reigning champions!

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June 24 Roundtable Recording

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Cleantech In Food: Purfresh CEO Dave Cope (Part 1)

Dave Cope joined Purfresh in 2004 as chief marketing officer and was promoted to CEO in 2006. Prior to Purfresh he was president and CEO of BizGenics and held a variety of executive positions for Extricity, Marimba, Illustra, and IBM. Mr. Cope holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biochemistry from San Jose State University.

SM: Dave, let’s start with your background. Where are you from?

DC: I was born and raised in San Jose. My family is from the Bay Area as well. My grandfather played football for the University of Santa Clara, went on to play for the New York Giants, and then opened a chain of sporting good stores across the western United States. >>>

Creative Bootstrapping To A 350 Million Dollar Exit: Nimsoft CEO Gary Read (Part 7)

SM: Essentially you are saying that CA’s vision was the enticing factor for the sale?

GR: They had a very clear vision. The more people we met with and the more time we spent with them, the more their vision became clear. It was a very similar vision to our own. >>>

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iPad, Kindle, And Me

News pours in from all quarters . . .  Apple sells 3 million iPads in 80 days. Amazon cuts prices of Kindle. The e-books market is heating up, and as far as I am concerned, the two key players that matter are Amazon and Apple. Why? >>>