Tag: Founder Story

In 2010, Finnish entrepreneur Teemu Kivimäki left academia to commercialize his research on the automation of construction, digital workflows, and automated control of heavy construction machinery to better serve the construction industry. Thus, Infrakit was born.

Chorus.ai brings machine learning to in-person conversations, helping its customers learn as much as possible about how they really do business.

At a recent VivaTech 2019 panel, “What Works: How the Best Entrepreneurs are Building Their Startups,” Julien Crochet, VP of sales strategy and enablement at AB Tasty, and Carles Sistare, head of engineering at Ogury, laid out their best tips for how to get things done when you’re a new, growing business with employees all over the world.

Shawn Carolan, Partner at Menlo Ventures Just call Shawn Carolan Menlo Ventures’ “mobility man.” Not only did the general partner champion the venture capital firm’s investments in Jump Bikes and electric scooter startup Skip, but Carolan was also among the earliest to understand how the transportation sector would unfold, backing connected-car and location-based services company […]

Datacoral CEO & Founder Raghotham Murthy talks about how he transitioned from being a lead engineer to a founder and how AWS helps his company’s approach to data analysis.

Xosphere CEO and Founder Alan Hand talks about how he started his company, who his customers are, and how AWS has helped his startup, at the 2019 AWS Summit – Anaheim.

Ever wondered how growing startups use AWS to build, scale, and change the ways their customers live and work? Read on to learn how three London-based mobile app startups got their starts and what AWS tools and services they used to launch their MVPs.

The ability to easily make reservations online for goods and services may seem ubiquitous, but many industries have not yet found the technology to match their needs. When Matt Millar and his colleagues found that 70% of the beauty industry was still running on pen and paper, he and his partners founded Slick, a salon management platform that helps hair and beauty professionals book appointments, manage calendars, and save money.

Coralogix co-founder and CPO Ariel Assaraf started the company after completing his service in the Israeli army. Here’s his story.

Companies used to assume that computing infrastructures would remain on-premises before eventually moving over completely to the cloud. That assumption has been proved false, as more organizations recognize the need for a hybrid cloud. This could be for regulatory reasons—the financial and health care sectors, for example, might be required to keep some of their workloads on data centers—or other concerns.