Stanford Technology Ventures Program : Kim Polese

ETL Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Podcast

Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Twenty Years of Experience in Developing Software in Silicon Valley

Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource, describes her twenty years of experience in developing software in Silicon Valley including Java development with Sun Microsystems. She also ...

Podcast 59 minutes

Kim Polese, SpikeSource

When Should You Open Source?

Polese believes that entrepreneurs should open source their proprietary software only if the open source supports and enables their core business.

Video 2 minutes

Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Ethics in Business

Polese talks about the importance of being ethical and not being evil while running a business.

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Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Lessons Learned

Polese shares some lessons learned along the way and gives advice to budding entrepreneurs to never stop learning and to find the right people and ...

Video 3 minutes

Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Value of the Long Tail

Polese explains the concept of the "long tail".

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Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Importance of the Community and Data and Process Automation in Businesses

Polese empahsizes working with the community and the role of data and process automation in business.

Video 4 minutes

Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Popularity of Open Source

Polese discusses why open source is popular amongst venture capitalists.

Video 3 minutes

Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Solving a Real Problem

According to Polese, SpikeSource is solving a real problem, which makes it really exciting.

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Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Birth of Java

Polese describes the development of Java at Sun and the various things that made it a success.

Video 6 minutes

Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Setting Up Infrastructure

Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource, relates the challenges she learned while starting a company. She realized that though entrepreneurs might see potential in their technology ...

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Kim Polese, SpikeSource

Software as a Service

Polese talks about how software has transitioned from a product that generates revenue to a service. She sees the software industry slowly shifting towards this ...

Video 2 minutes