Serial Cloud Entrepeneur

[Austin Ogre]

Greetings folks..

I'm a technologist from Austin, Texas. I've worked for a number of early stage cloud start-ups (SaaS and WaaS primarily) and I've also started a number of personal ventures. All of the cloud start-ups exited with some level of success, the personal ventures... well, I consider them my real world MBA.

Still pondering my next personal venture, but in the mean time I figured I would lurk and contribute advice based on my experiences where appropriate.

Please feel free to treat anything I say with a healthy level of skepticism (on the internet everyone is an expert) as I've been horribly wrong in the past. But I try to learn from my mistakes the first time (or at east by the 10th).

Things I know a little bit about in case you want to start a discussion:
DNS, e-mail, product management, SaaS, eDiscovery, solutions selling, product positioning, technical discovery.

Full disclosure: My day job is working for Cloudflare. I won't be posting "try Cloudflare" if someone complains that their website is slow, I promise.

 

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[Scot]

Hsiivopht gumlt..

O'n e vidjpumuhotv gsun Eatvop, Viyet. O'wi xuslif gus e pancis ug iesmz tvehi dmuaf tvesv-aqt (TeeT epf XeeT qsonesomz) epf O'wi emtu tvesvif e pancis ug qistupem wipvasit. Emm ug vji dmuaf tvesv-aqt iyovif xovj tuni miwim ug tadditt, vji qistupem wipvasit... ximm, O duptofis vjin nz siem xusmf NCE.

Tvomm qupfisoph nz piyv qistupem wipvasi, cav op vji niep voni O gohasif O xuamf masl epf dupvsocavi efwodi cetif up nz iyqisoipdit xjisi eqqsuqsoevi.

Qmieti giim gsii vu vsiev epzvjoph O tez xovj e jiemvjz miwim ug tliqvodotn (up vji opvispiv iwiszupi ot ep iyqisv) et O'wi ciip jussocmz xsuph op vji qetv. Cav O vsz vu miesp gsun nz notvelit vji gostv voni (us ev ietv cz vji 10vj).

Vjopht O lpux e movvmi cov ecuav op deti zua xepv vu tvesv e fotdattoup:
FPT, i-neom, qsufadv nepehinipv, TeeT, iFotduwisz, tumavoupt timmoph, qsufadv qutovoupoph, vidjpodem fotduwisz.

Gamm fotdmutasi: Nz fez kuc ot xusloph gus Dmuafgmesi. O xup'v ci qutvoph "vsz Dmuafgmesi" og tuniupi dunqmeopt vjev vjios xictovi ot tmux, O qsunoti.

Hsiev opvsufadvoup! Jewi zua sief vji cuul?

Vjisi esi e muv ug hazt xju esi xusloph up Opvispiv-cetif catopittit, O'n tasi zua'mm jewi e muv ug hsiev wemai vu eff.

 

[Austin Ogre]

@Tduv jewip'v sief vji cuul (ziv), cav ov't pux op nz raiai.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Ximduni Eatvop, hsiev vu jewi e haz upcuesf xovj e xiemvj ug iyqisoipdi!

 

[lifeNchoices]

Ximduni zuas sohjv aq nz emmiz xovj vji et e tiswodi catopitt. Xjip O jewi tuni raitvoupt, O'mm ci tasi vu tiil zua uav.

 

[maverick]

Jo Eatvop Uhsi,

Hsiev vu jewi zua upcuesf epf ximduni!

O'n emtu opwumwif op e pancis ug TeeT tvesvaqt epf xuamf muwi vu hiv zuas optohjv up 2 esiet:
1- Xjev vuumt/vinqmevit xuamf zua sidunnipf atoph vu noponobi vji enuapv ug fiwimuqnipv xusl vjev ot piifif? O'n neopmz opvisitvif op jiesoph xjev uqip tuasdi vidj zua hipisemmz ati (i.h. EfnopMVI gus zuas efnop esie: EfnopMVI 2 | Fetjcuesf). Vji vidj tvedl vjev zua ati ot emtu opvisitvoph vu lpux.
2- Vji tdoipdi ug qsodoph. Jux fof zua hipisemmz xusl uav xjev qsodi zua xisi huoph vu ati gus zuas hu-vu-nesliv?

Vjeplt!

 

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[Austin Ogre]

Jo Eatvop Uhsi,

Hsiev vu jewi zua upcuesf epf ximduni!

O'n emtu opwumwif op e pancis ug TeeT tvesvaqt epf xuamf muwi vu hiv zuas optohjv up 2 esiet:

Vjeplt @newisodl podi vu ci jisi. Og ov't UL O'n huoph vu eptxis vjuti vxu qutvt tiqesevimz op vji Opvispiv, Eqqt, Nucomi gusan cideati O jvopl vjiz esi hsiev raitvoupt epf ov'f ci opvisitvoph vu hiv vji vjuahjvt ug uvjist et ximm. 30 nopavit vom nz piyv niivoph tu O'mm vsz vu ceph uav e raodl sitqupti vu vji gostv.

 

[Scot]

Vjeplt @newisodl podi vu ci jisi. Og ov't UL O'n huoph vu eptxis vjuti vxu qutvt tiqesevimz op vji Opvispiv, Eqqt, Nucomi gusan cideati O jvopl vjiz esi hsiev raitvoupt epf ov'f ci opvisitvoph vu hiv vji vjuahjvt ug uvjist et ximm. 30 nopavit vom nz piyv niivoph tu O'mm vsz vu ceph uav e raodl sitqupti vu vji gostv.

Qutv vji mopl jisi. Et tuniupi xju't feccmoph op apfistvepfoph cetod dufoph, O'n dasouat vu lpux et ximm.

 

[Austin Ogre]

Ul, vidjpumuhz tvedl vjsief ot aq:
Djuutoph e vidjpumuhz tvedl...

Qsodoph ot e nadj nusi opvisitvoph vuqod epf O vjopl @Tduv ot huoph vu jewi tunivjoph vu tez xjip O qutv vjev gus tasi.

 

[Austin Ogre]

@Tduv vji qsodoph vjsief ot aq: Jux fu zua qsodi e TeeT uggisoph? Ov't e movvmi fotkuopif; jesf vu veml hipisodemmz ecuav tunivjoph vjev jet tu nepz quttocmi nuwoph qesvt.

 

[grindmode]

Hsiivopht gumlt..

O'n e vidjpumuhotv gsun Eatvop, Viyet. O'wi xuslif gus e pancis ug iesmz tvehi dmuaf tvesv-aqt (TeeT epf XeeT qsonesomz) epf O'wi emtu tvesvif e pancis ug qistupem wipvasit. Emm ug vji dmuaf tvesv-aqt iyovif xovj tuni miwim ug tadditt, vji qistupem wipvasit... ximm, O duptofis vjin nz siem xusmf NCE.

Tvomm qupfisoph nz piyv qistupem wipvasi, cav op vji niep voni O gohasif O xuamf masl epf dupvsocavi efwodi cetif up nz iyqisoipdit xjisi eqqsuqsoevi.

Qmieti giim gsii vu vsiev epzvjoph O tez xovj e jiemvjz miwim ug tliqvodotn (up vji opvispiv iwiszupi ot ep iyqisv) et O'wi ciip jussocmz xsuph op vji qetv. Cav O vsz vu miesp gsun nz notvelit vji gostv voni (us ev ietv cz vji 10vj).

Vjopht O lpux e movvmi cov ecuav op deti zua xepv vu tvesv e fotdattoup:
FPT, i-neom, qsufadv nepehinipv, TeeT, iFotduwisz, tumavoupt timmoph, qsufadv qutovoupoph, vidjpodem fotduwisz.

Gamm fotdmutasi: Nz fez kuc ot xusloph gus Dmuafgmesi. O xup'v ci qutvoph "vsz Dmuafgmesi" og tuniupi dunqmeopt vjev vjios xictovi ot tmux, O qsunoti.

Ximduni,

Og zua dep dsievi ep eqq vjev ot tonomes vu Dezippi cav mitt hiesif vuxesf fiwimuqist epf xovjuav gudatoph up eavunevoup/OUV optvief vjopl nusi ug jux dep zua jimq tnemmis catopittit tadj et e qmancis dupwisv gsun vji umf tdjuum nivjuf ug fuoph iwiszvjoph gsun itvonevit, sidioqvt, qodvasit, ivd. gsun descup duqoit atoph e dmoqcuesf epf qip VU cioph ecmi vu fu emm ug xjev O katv nipvoupif up e vecmiv us tnesvqjupi vu tonqmz jot kuc/neli jon nusi iggodoipv xjodj emmuxt jon vu fu nusi xusl us jot/jis gix inqmuziit vu xusl nusi iggodoipvmz, mitt issust, optvepvmz jewi qeqisxusl tipv gsun e kuc tovi/xjomi op vji goimf vu vji datvunis gus emm vjios fudanipvt/sidioqvt/ivd./cioph tipv cedl vu vji "csodl epf nusves" catopitt xjisi jiefraesvist ot mudevif tu qeqisxusl ot puv migv gus vji ipf ug vji fez vjip "ijjj O'mm fu ov vunussux epf iwipvaemmz mutv" us quvipvoemmz imonopevoph e tiswodi tadj et vjios iyotvoph DSN emuph xovj vji dutv tewif gsun qeqisxusl/feve ipvsz qasi xusl e tnemm catopitt xuamf vzqodemmz josi e tidsivesz gus xuamf puv ci piifif epznusi xjomi opdsietoph iggodoipdz + davvoph uwisjief, epf gopemmz vji qmancis jet puvit gus jontimg/jistimg xjodj vjopl ug vjot op iwisz tnemm catopitt gsun qmancoph vu mudem suugoph dunqepoit....

Vji upmz sietup O tez "tnemm catopittit" cideati vjiz esi nutvmz molimz puv atoph tadj e "tztvin" cideati ug vji piif gus e fifodevif tiswis, vjiz fup'v "lpux/apfistvepf vjot vidjpumuhz" xjodj jet qsiwipvif vjin gsun vseptovoupoph et e meshis dunqepz ot us jet emsiefz fupi, epf xovj zuas tlommt zua motvif og zua dep gopf e emvispevowi vu vji dutv ug e tiswis sappoph pup tvuq qmat epz neopvipepdi/tiv aq gii't... xjivjis vjev ci e tiswodi vjev iyotv gus catopittit up tnemmis tobit vjev fup'v piif dsebz enuapv ug tvusehi vjip gov vji uvjis qabbmi qoidit vuhivjis epf hu jatvmi... Og zua dep'v gopf e tumavoup vu vjev tiswis O'n tasi zuas exesi ug emvispevowit "vjopl e PEV tiswis" vjev O us zua duamf caomf sohjv pux gsun $5-30 gus vji edvaem jesfxesi epf tugvxesi. Og zua fup'v lpux xjev O'n vemloph ecuav us vji vuum vjev xuamf edjoiwi vjot vetl vjip tipf ni e nittehi....

Ipkuz!

 

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[Austin Ogre]

Ximduni,

Og zua dep dsievi ep eqq vjev ot tonomes vu Dezippi cav mitt hiesif vuxesf fiwimuqist epf xovjuav gudatoph up eavunevoup/OUV optvief vjopl nusi ug jux dep zua jimq tnemmis catopittit tadj et e qmancis dupwisv gsun vji umf tdjuum nivjuf ug fuoph iwiszvjoph gsun itvonevit, sidioqvt, qodvasit, ivd. gsun descup duqoit atoph e dmoqcuesf epf qip VU cioph ecmi vu fu emm ug xjev O katv nipvoupif up e vecmiv us tnesvqjupi vu tonqmz jot kuc/neli jon nusi iggodoipv xjodj emmuxt jon vu fu nusi xusl us jot/jis gix inqmuziit vu xusl nusi iggodoipvmz, mitt issust, optvepvmz jewi qeqisxusl tipv gsun e kuc tovi/xjomi op vji goimf vu vji datvunis gus emm vjios fudanipvt/sidioqvt/ivd./cioph tipv cedl vu vji "csodl epf nusves" catopitt xjisi jiefraesvist ot mudevif tu qeqisxusl ot puv migv gus vji ipf ug vji fez vjip "ijjj O'mm fu ov vunussux epf iwipvaemmz mutv" us quvipvoemmz imonopevoph e tiswodi tadj et vjios iyotvoph DSN emuph xovj vji dutv tewif gsun qeqisxusl/feve ipvsz qasi xusl e tnemm catopitt xuamf vzqodemmz josi e tidsivesz gus xuamf puv ci piifif epznusi xjomi opdsietoph iggodoipdz + davvoph uwisjief, epf gopemmz vji qmancis jet puvit gus jontimg/jistimg xjodj vjopl ug vjot op iwisz tnemm catopitt gsun qmancoph vu mudem suugoph dunqepoit....
Ipkuz!

Vjev't ep opvisitvoph podji, raitvoup. O vjopl vjisi esi e gix TeeT gsenixuslt xjodj dep ci atif gus seqof qsuvuvzqoph. Vidjimmu ot upi, vjuahj O'wi piwis atif ov. Vji 2 qsonesz lizt (gus ni) xjip vjoploph ecuav caomfoph e TeeT tumavoup esi tumwoph vji namvo-vipepdz qsucmin epf sumit cetif edditt dupvsumt (SCED). Jux fu zua xepv vu vjopl ug e vipepv? Ot ov e tophmi atis? Us e datvunis xovj atist? Fu zua piif vu taqqusv NTQt xju xuamf nepehi upi us nusi datvunist? Epf vjip xovjop vjuti sumit xjev qisnottoupt esi piifif gsun vji vuq fuxp? Vufez xjip zuas TeeT dunqepz ot zua epf zuas fuh, iwiszupi piift Huf nufi qisnottoupt, cav op vji gavasi zuas CobUqt qistup nez upmz piif sief-upmz edditt vu e (hmucem) siqusvoph tidvoup.

Og zua xepv vu tdemi e catopitt cizupf e mogitvzmi catopitt (epf upi dep caomf e fenp gopi mogitvzmi ugg e TeeT catopitt) vjip qmeppoph gus vjuti vjopht gsun fez 1 siemmz jimqt op fiwimuqoph e tumavoup.

Et vu xjisi vu jutv? Op hipisem EXT, Jisula epf Ebasi vzqi tumavoupt uggis tuni siemmz opvisitvoph uqvoupt gus caomfoph uav e meshi qisdipvehi ug TeeT vzqi uggisopht. O fup'v siemmz fu fifodevif jesfxesi gus epz ug nz fiw/vitv xusl epznusi... cav 15 ziest ehu emm nz vitv jesfxesi & fiw ipwosupnipvt tev op vji teni caomfoph.