Friday, May 9
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SM: What year did you sell?
MT: We sold it in 2005. Today the business is number two in revenue behind Juniper in the SSL VPN market. When we started we were probably the 30th company to enter that space. We were definitely not early to market, we were very late to the market. However, for the last 4 or 5 quarters, we have been first in unit revenue and second in overall revenue in the entire market. Read the full article »
Friday, May 9
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My new Forbes column, Hydro-Alchemy, discusses the world’s upcoming water crisis and an entrepreneurial venture, Energy Recovery Inc., that is tackling the problem with a Sea Water Reverse Osmosis technology for water desalination. You may have read my interview with Hans Peter Michelet last year.
ERI has recently filed to go public.
Friday, May 9
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Last week quite a few of the companies I have covered in the Web 3.0 analysis released their Q1 results. While some showed impressive performance, quite a few were battling the recession. Here is an analysis of some of these stocks. Read the full article »
Thursday, May 8
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SM: What was the idea of Net6.
MT: The original premise is very straight forward. We launched during the peak of the dot com boom. Back then it was all about grabbing eyeballs, and the next class of eyeballs to be grabbed was mobile eyeballs. Most companies founded in that timeframe focused on building middleware. There were a few companies who wanted to offer CRM for mobile devices. Read the full article »
Thursday, May 8
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TiEcon 2008 is coming up, and one of the programs they offer for entrepreneurs looking for funding is EBazaar. Read the full article »
Thursday, May 8
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Imagine you are on the web site of a company, browsing about their products, and someone from that company calls you at that very moment? That’s the technology Genius provides. It’s spooky! Read the full article »
Thursday, May 8
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I have covered the online movies section earlier in my Web 3.0 analysis. Two relevant companies in the discussion recently announced their results. Read the full article »
Wednesday, May 7
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Timing is an essential aspect of any successful venture. Attempt to launch the venture too soon and the market may not exist or be mature enough to sustain your venture. Enter the market too late and you are bound to be fighting competition. Murli Thirumale has repeatedly brought high technology to the market, and recounts his successes and failures with market timing with some invaluable lessons. Here we review his portfolio of ventures and discuss his current startup, Ocarina Networks.
SM: Murli, let’s start with your background. Tell us where you come from, a bit about your background and what brought you to where you are now.
MT: My hometown is Bangalore, the city of traffic jams! I traveled up north and went to school up north in Benares. From there I went right to Chicago to go to business school at Northwestern. After Northwestern I came out here and worked for HP for the next 15 years. Read the full article »
