The Big Picture by Iron Pillar

Sree is a "force of nature" disrupting the post sales service and  insurance business globally, initially for mobile phones. Servify is the  exclusive partner for Apple and Samsung for their Apple Care and  Samsung Care warranty programs. Sree has an incredible combination of  humility, brilliance and aspiration. He wants to create the largest post  sales, insurance tech c...

Sree is a "force of nature" disrupting the post sales service and insurance business globally, initially for mobile phones. Servify is the exclusive partner for Apple and Samsung for their Apple Care and Samsung Care warranty programs. Sree has an incredible combination of humility, brilliance and aspiration. He wants to create the largest post sales, insurance tech company in the world. And he is...

An entrepreneur turned tech exec, Dan has had an interesting journey from a Ph. D. in Europe to CTO at Pure Storage (when the interview was conducted). He is now VP Engineering at Google. He has some "spot on" advice for entrepreneurs: Focus on the right team and a large addressable market; keep in mind the time to market and think about the market not as it is today, but as it will be when as and...

Sandeep brings a really unique perspective to the Iron Pillar Network  because he has been a serial entrepreneur, a prolific angel investor, a  tech exec (he ran HP's cloud business) and most recently grew a company  from small fledgling business to a Unicorn (Tricentis). In this  interview he focused on the overall evolution of tech entrepreneurship,  especially in India;...

Sandeep brings a really unique perspective to the Iron Pillar Network because he has been a serial entrepreneur, a prolific angel investor, a tech exec (he ran HP's cloud business) and most recently grew a company from small fledgling business to a Unicorn (Tricentis). In this interview he focused on the overall evolution of tech entrepreneurship, especially in India; what makes silicon valley so...

Remarkable journey from a techie to an entrepreneur. Simha had never been on an airplane till he was 23 when he moved to the US; cadid advice for entrepreneurs (serendipity matters; solve a problem that is large and worth solving; is it the right time; are we the right people to solve the problem; when to raise money and how to select the right investors. Keywords: customers, engagement, journeys,...

Remarkable journey from a techie to an entrepreneur. Simha had never been on an airplane till he was 23 when he moved to the US; cadid advice for entrepreneurs (serendipity matters; solve a problem that is large and worth solving; is it the right time; are we the right people to solve the problem; when to raise money and how to select the right investors. Keywords: customers, engagement, journeys,...

Sean is a media guru, starting out as an entrepreneur himself (trying to automate the process of buying and selling TV ads) to a industry executive. His journey has taken him through HBO, Discovery, MTV and Bertelsmann, trying to bring innovation in terms of technology and content to various media platforms. He talks about the similarities and differences between being an entrepreneur on the outsi...

Sean is a media guru, starting out as an entrepreneur himself (trying to automate the process of buying and selling TV ads) to a industry executive. His journey has taken him through HBO, Discovery, MTV and Bertelsmann, trying to bring innovation in terms of technology and content to various media platforms. He talks about the similarities and differences between being an entrepreneur on the outsi...

Conversation about Surya's journey from college, finding a gap in the market, to launching, pivoting and scaling Skill-lync. The goal is to have tangible takeaways for entrepreneurs -- understanding the key learnings along the way, from the "aha moment" to "finding tailwind in the pandemic" to a "vision for creating a $1B revenue company (not a $1B value company) from India for the world". Key wor...

Conversation about Surya's journey from college, finding a gap in the market, to launching, pivoting and scaling Skill-lync. The goal is to have tangible takeaways for entrepreneurs -- understanding the key learnings along the way, from the "aha moment" to "finding tailwind in the pandemic" to a "vision for creating a $1B revenue company (not a $1B value company) from India for the world". Key wor...

Listen to the customers, not necessarily the investors. Journey from consulting to entrepreneurship and especially getting to initial paying customer before raising a dime of external capital. Aha moment -- enterprise customers were looking for a comprehensive solution from the get-go, rather than a focused point solution (and then extending the product portfolio which is the typical advice from v...

Listen to the customers, not necessarily the investors. Journey from consulting to entrepreneurship and especially getting to initial paying customer before raising a dime of external capital. Aha moment -- enterprise customers were looking for a comprehensive solution from the get-go, rather than a focused point solution (and then extending the product portfolio which is the typical advice from v...

Karthik is an incredible combination of academic brilliance and business acumen. He is a serial entrepreneur, an angel investor, a renowned professor of marketing at Wharton, a one man incubator (several companies have been launched by his students including Yodle, Warby Parker etc.) with his support and guidance. His newest venture, Jumpcut, is all about democratizing TV and video using data to d...

Shan is a serial entrepreneur and someone who made the not so natural leap from gaming (Zynga) to fresh fish. This is the story of bringing technology to actually having an impact and making a difference. Shan decided that there was a better way to get fresh fish and produce from sea shore to the doorstep in 24-36 hours at a competitive price point. He also decided to take the business global from...

Shan is a serial entrepreneur and someone who made the not so natural leap from gaming (Zynga) to fresh fish. This is the story of bringing technology to actually having an impact and making a difference. Shan decided that there was a better way to get fresh fish and produce from sea shore to the doorstep in 24-36 hours at a competitive price point. He also decided to take the business global from...

Talal is a hard core computer scientist (multiple degrees from Cornell) but with a passion for Intellectual Property. He was part of the team that developed the original water marking technology for digital rights management. And now, at the helm of Intertrust, focuses on utilizing IP as both a defensive and an offensive strategy. And while execution is still key to success for entrepreneurs, IP c...

Talal is a hard core computer scientist (multiple degrees from Cornell) but with a passion for Intellectual Property. He was part of the team that developed the original water marking technology for digital rights management. And now, at the helm of Intertrust, focuses on utilizing IP as both a defensive and an offensive strategy. And while execution is still key to success for entrepreneurs, IP c...

Lars has helped multiple companies go from seed stage to IPO. In the role of heading Sales Development. Now he has the same role at Snowflake. His passion is helping enterpreneurs think through the sales strategy, the sales organization and understanding the difference between sales development and prospecting versus the traditional "closing of the deal" that is associated with sales. He wants to...

Lars has helped multiple companies go from seed stage to IPO. In the role of heading Sales Development. Now he has the same role at Snowflake. His passion is helping enterpreneurs think through the sales strategy, the sales organization and understanding the difference between sales development and prospecting versus the traditional "closing of the deal" that is associated with sales. He wants to...

One of the rare people who is a brilliant engineering and Medical Doctor. Catherine and I used to build solar cars at MIT in the late 80's. Her journey is fascinating from aerospace to surgical robotics at Intuitive. She ran strategy, was instrumental for expanding the business globally and eventually founded the Intuitive Foundation, with the mission of promoting health and advancing health-centr...

One of the rare people who is a brilliant engineering and Medical Doctor. Catherine and I used to build solar cars at MIT in the late 80's. Her journey is fascinating from aerospace to surgical robotics at Intuitive. She ran strategy, was instrumental for expanding the business globally and eventually founded the Intuitive Foundation, with the mission of promoting health and advancing health-centr...