14 Minutes of SaaS - founder stories on business, tech and life

14 Minutes of SaaS - founder stories on business, tech and life

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14 Minutes of SaaS - founder stories on business, tech and life episodes

  • E92 – Michael Litt, CEO & coFounder of Vidyard – Blackberry Ice Cream – 1 of 2
    "YouTube on Blackberry's website was a bit of a challenge because a YouTube player functions as an outbound link to YouTube's website - which is an ad monetised platform …. that's how they make money. If your competitors are smart, they can advertise against the videos you have on your homepage". Michael Litt, CEO & co-Founder of Vidyard. Solving this challenge for Blackberry (v. Apple) was the birth of his scaleup, video hosting platform Vidyard
    16 min
  • E88 – Anna Gong, Perx CEO – 3 of 3 – Raising the Bar
    3 of 3 recorded at RISE HK, Anna Gong, the CEO & Board Member of Perx tells Stephen Cummins about being bullied in school growing up as a Chinese immigrant in Florida. She talks about how the perceived difficulty of entry into south-east Asia actually represents an opportunity. Anna also reflects on what keeps her motivated, and people that influenced her
    15 min
  • E87 – Anna Gong, Perx CEO – 2 of 3 – Drowning in Pipeline
    2 of 3. Anna Gong, the CEO & Board Member of Perx in conversation with Stephen Cummins.  Anna talks about escaping her lucrative corporate straight-jacket to a baptism of fire in Perx - where she pivoted to turn the company right side up. She also explains how she couldn’t hire people of the right standard from old-school software companies
    15 min
  • E86 – Anna Gong, Perx CEO – 1 of 3 – Never give up!
    1 of 3. In RISE HK, Stephen Cummins chats with Anna Gong, the CEO of Perx- an enterprise B2B SaaS company using machine learning to augment customer loyalty. She has strong self belief is an arch creator of hyper-growth. She's moved from Guangzhou (China) to Florida to many cities in Silicon Valley to Singapore to Japan. As CEO, Anna practically re-founded Perx
    15 min
  • E84 – Larry Gadea, Envoy CEO & Founder – 2 of 3 – a Trojan Horse
    Larry describes Envoy as a Trojan Horse to “get into people’s offices though the front desk and through the visitor sign in to the rest of the office.” 2nd of a 3 part mini-series with Stephen Cummins interviewing Larry Gadea, CEO & Co-Founder of Envoy for 14 Minutes of SaaS. Larry reveals why his Trojan Horse strategy has turned his initially simple start-up idea into a platform for upgrading the office experience.
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    17 min
  • E83 – Larry Gadea, Envoy CEO & Founder – 1 of 3 – from Ceaușescu to Caduceus, Crossing Thresholds
    Of all the great people Stephen interviewed for 14 Minutes of SaaS, CEO & Founder of Envoy, Larry Gadea, is the one that crossed the most thresholds (and facilitated the crossing of them of course) - from crossing land borders to entering offices to rapidly removing roadblocks on his entrepreneurial journey. Larry takes us through his early days in Google, Shopify and Twitter. He explains that while a clear value prop and a consistent user experience has been important in turning Envoy’s brand into a hyper-growth software meme. Episode 1 of 3.
    18 min

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