Anatomy of Innovation: Exodus Founder B.V. Jagadeesh (Part 3)

SM: When you were exploring starting your own company, what resources did you have to draw upon?

JVB: Obviously both of us were not known except to our personal networks. I had been in the Valley for 12 years so I had a good network. I was also the chairman of the Interrupt Engineers Conference. I proposed that conference in 1992. >>>

More Interviews

Here are a couple of more interviews I did recently, one at Schwartz and another at Invincibelle where I have discussed the motivations behind the book series.

Deal Radar 2008: GameDuell

GameDuell was launched in 2003 and offers skill games to be played against real opponents for real money. The site has around 20 popular games like Solitaire, Roll 5, Freecell and Roll 5. >>>

Anatomy of Innovation: Exodus Founder B.V. Jagadeesh (Part 2)

SM: What did you find when you arrived in Silicon Valley?

BVJ: Back in those days it was still the very early evolution of the technology. Everything was about building big systems; supercomputers, super mini-computers, mainframes, and big computers. There was no concept of desktop computing. >>>

Interview At LifeBeyondCode

Here’s an interview at Lifebeyondcode:
“What I want people to learn is that entrepreneurship – successful entrepreneurship – is a very achievable goal. Not something to be scared of. Not something to put off until next year, and then next year, and then next life.”

Deal Radar 2008: FeedRoom

FeedRoom provides media houses, publishers, government agencies, and enterprises with white-label video sites. FeedRoom’s core technology gives users access to a strong infrastructure, and their services provide users with what they need – from content management to front-end application, as well as distribution and sharing tools – to run a successful web video program. It also offers a complete set of features including RSS feeds, video blogging, podcasting, and SEO.  >>>

Anatomy of Innovation: Exodus Founder B.V. Jagadeesh (Part 1)

B.V. Jagadeesh is a successful entrepreneur and a proven leader. He was also the co-founder of Exodus Communications, a leader in the web co-location market that enjoyed a highly successful IPO. Prior to joining 3Leaf Systems as CEO, he served as group vice president and general manager of Citrix Systems’ Application Networking Group and as president and CEO of NetScaler.

SM: Jagdeesh, take us back to where your journey begins. Where were you born, where did you grow up, and where did you study?

BVJ: I was born in a small village on the outskirts of Bangalore, which is the so-called Silicon Valley of India. >>>

Conserving Cash: Veodia CEO Guillaume Cohen (Part 7)

SM: Beyond IT, what you are saying is that training and learning organizations are great places to scale your account. That is where you would send your sales organization.

GC: More and more companies now have someone in charge of collaboration. There are people in charge of improving communication with those new technologies. Technology people in those business groups are the ideal ones to target. They will appreciate all the hooks the software has, and they will see how we fit into their environment along with the benefit we bring to their business group. They are then advocates when the IT group is brought in, and they can directly counter any worries the IT group has. They also are advocates within the business group, and they can really envision how we will help their group accomplish its role. They are the perfect individuals to target. >>>