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Cindy Padnos is an innovator and an advocate for all things entrepreneurial. She is a founder (both of a VC-backed tech startup and a VC firm), with a passion for enabling experimentation that can lead to the discovery of new business models and unique points of leverage. Cindy bleeds B2B/Enterprise Tech – gaining the moniker “Queen B2B” and a place at the table with the top institutional investors in the category. Cindy has been working with enterprise technology startups for more than 20 years - as a founder, operating executive, adviser, or investor. She founded Illuminate Ventures, a seed and early-stage venture capital firm that invests exclusively in enterprise cloud and mobile software companies. Illuminate seeks entrepreneurs that are "re-inventing the enterprise" with products that deliver dramatic productivity and decision making improvements while leveraging better, faster, cheaper - cloud technologies and innovative business models. Prior to her investing career, Cindy led several successful venture-backed entrepreneurial efforts. She was the founder/CEO of Vivant (now part of Oracle) an early Software as a Service (SaaS) company. She was CEO of Acumen, orchestrating a profitable M&A, and VP Marketing for Scopus, helping position this early CRM company for its successful IPO. Early in her career, Cindy served as a management consultant at Booz Allen and Arthur D Little. Illuminate is particularly interested in companies delivering: - B2B SaaS applications and infrastructure - Application of AI and blockchain technologies to the Enterprise - Enterprise mobile solutions - Predictive and prescriptive analytics that improve business results - Business model innovation enablers - Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)” Cindy is also an investor at various companies, such as Jacobi, Cafe X Communications, Bedrock Analytics, Peerlyst, ChannelEyes, Pyze Inc., JetStream Software Inc. Influitive, Hoopla Software, Xoupang, Contentstack, BrightEdge, and Allocadia. During this interview we cover: 00:00 - Intro 02:09 - Early SaaS Experience from Raising VC Capital to Acquisition 15:00 - The Decision Behind Illuminate Ventures and Transformation to what it is today (Metrics) 22:21 - Experience & Perspective on the Volatility of Deal Flow Investments with the COVID-19 Pandemic 24:10 The Value of a Dollar & Current Challenges in the COVID-19 Environment 26:18 How Founders Deal with the Slow Down in Decision to Buy or Renew Software from Customers and Some Strategies for the New Normal 31:34 What Illuminate Ventures Share with Startups Beyond Capital Support 38:46 What is a Founder Heroic & Why Any Founder Should Aim to Become One 40:54 Cindy's Winner Startup Criteria for Investing 42:29 Cindy's Turn Down Startup Criteria for not Investing Mentions Terms: - https://www.techopedia.com/definition/9339/shelfware (Shelfware) - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rrsp.asp (RRSP) People: - http://www.illuminate.com/employees/jennifer-savage/ (Jennifer Savage) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-goldman-552a472/ (Ken Goldman) - https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stonebraker (Michael Stonebraker) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophercabrera/ (Chris Cabrera) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9M_zqZgmFk (Gary Swart) "The future of work Ep." Companies: - http://www.illuminate.com/ (Illuminate VC) - Vivant Corp. - https://aws.amazon.com (AWS) - https://www.oracle.com/assets/technology-price-list-070617.pdf (Oracle) - https://cloud.google.com/products (Google) - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/ (Azure) - https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeopleSoft (People Soft ) - https://www.sap.com/trends/cloud-solutions/saas.html (SAP) - Evolve - http://www.expressventures.com (Express Ventures) - https://www.ariba.com (Ariba) - http://xactlycorp.com (Xactly) - https://www.vistaequitypartners.com (Vista) - https://www.brightedge.com/glossary/world-search-engines (BrightEdge) -...

TAM Gallery, formerly Arts Mart, started off as an online gallery that aimed to give new artists a chance to break into the Egyptian art world. Fast forward less than a decade later, TAM has three arms each aiming to give new artists and entry into the commercial world — and to bring new potential buyers into the market. The online gallery is still going strong, but is now complimented by a physical art space in 6th of October City as well as TAM Corporate that integrates art into public spaces.  Lina Mowafy, the cofounder of TAM Gallery, started the business when, as a budding artist, she was unable to convince a gallery to exhibit her works. A comiseratory coffee with her childhood friend led the two to decide to create their own platform for displaying artwork. And so they did, launching amid the events of 2011 and creating an institution that’s transformed the country’s art scene.   ** Subscribe to Making it here for https://bit.ly/35lugvb. ** Subscribe to Enterprise, our 6am briefing on business, finance and economics in Egypt (also free) at www.enterprise.press.  Making It is grateful for the generous support of: CIB, Egypt’s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories The United States Agency for International Development, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt. EFG Hermes, the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets helping businesses realize their full growth potential. Links: * TAM Gallery: arts-mart.com * Enterprise: Enterprise.press * Inktank: Inktankcommunications.com

Hazem Moussa will forgive you if you’ve never heard of Sarwa Capital, because unless you’re a finance geek (like us), Sarwa is hardly a company whose name you’ll hear every day — even though there’s a reasonable chance Sarwa has been involved in your financial life one way or another.  They own Contact Cars (the website and the car finance business). They sell insurance, mortgages and leasing solutions— as well as white label finance for car dealers.  Oh, and they invented the notion of securitized bond offerings in Egypt.  The son of a prominent diplomat, Hazem is a former investment banker and one of three co-founders. He talked with us about raising money for the business before venture capital was a thing in Egypt. About life after going public on the EGX in a controversial IPO in 2018. And about how he resists micromanaging while still keeping his finger on the pulse of his business.   ** Subscribe to Making it here for https://bit.ly/35lugvb. ** Subscribe to Enterprise, our 6am briefing on business, finance and economics in Egypt (also free) at www.enterprise.press.  Making It is grateful for the generous support of: CIB, Egypt’s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories The United States Agency for International Development, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt. EFG Hermes, the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets helping businesses realize their full growth potential. Links: * Sarwa Capital: Sarwa.capital * Enterprise: Enterprise.press * Inktank: Inktankcommunications.com

After taking over the helm at Azza Fahmy back in 2006, Fatma Ghali, along with her sister Amina, built on the legacy of their mother, spearheading the expansion of the brand outside of Egypt and added a contemporary perspective to the company’s designs. They established a foothold in the European market through collaborations with leading fashion designers such as Julien MacDonald and Mathew Williamson and fashion houses such as Preen. They also popularized their brands with exhibits at the British Museum.   In today’s episode, Fatma Ghali talks to us about the challenges of taking on a 50-year legacy is branching out of its historical field of jewelry design and is moving into all aspects of design, including architecture, having designed KarmSolar’s Sahl Hasheesh campus. Azza Fahmy branded products are currently being sold in the company's 16 stores, located in six different countries and across four continents, in addition to the most widely used online and e-commerce sites.    ** Subscribe to Making it here for https://bit.ly/35lugvb.   ** Subscribe to Enterprise, our 6am briefing on business, finance, and economics in Egypt (also free) at www.enterprise.press.    Making It is grateful for the generous support of:   CIB, Egypt’s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories   The United States Agency for International Development, which has a 40-year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt.   EFG Hermes, the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets helping businesses realize their full growth potential.   Links: * Azza Fahmy: azzafahmy.com * Enterprise: Enterprise.press * Inktank: Inktankcommunications.com

Karim Awad started at EFG Hermes as an analyst and rose to become the head of EFG’s high-profile investment banking unit — a job he held until he was tapped to run the firm as Group CEO in 2013. In an industry known for its outsized egos, Karim is Scottie Pippen, the consummate team player from the 1990s Chicago Bulls.  In this week’s episode, Karim talks about the firm’s unique culture and how it helped him transform EFG into not just an Egyptian multinational, but a top-30 player in the global IPO market and a non-bank financial services powerhouse here at home. ** Subscribe to Making it here for https://bit.ly/35lugvb. ** Subscribe to Enterprise, our 6am briefing on business, finance and economics in Egypt (also free) at www.enterprise.press.  Making It is grateful for the generous support of: CIB, Egypt’s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories The United States Agency for International Development, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt. EFG Hermes, the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets helping businesses realize their full growth potential. Links: * EFG Hermes: EFGHermes.com * Enterprise: Enterprise.press * Inktank: Inktankcommunications.com

Seeing the rapid growth of digital assistants, Abeer El Sisi and Karim El Sahy co-founded Elves in 2016, along with Ahmed Kassem. They looked at the deficiencies in current digital assistants and realized the human element was still needed. By efficiently connecting people with human assistants, Elves’ AI platform learns from these interactions and in turn becomes more efficient and better adept at connecting users with services.  In today’s episode, Abeer and Karim talk to us about the challenges of being a married couple with the lofty aim of creating the best AI-based digital concierge service provider there is. Today, Elves has over 650,000 users and is looking to close another seed round, after having broken Egypt’s seed funding record with USD 2 mn in 2017.  ** Subscribe to Making it here for https://bit.ly/35lugvb. ** Subscribe to Enterprise, our 6am briefing on business, finance and economics in Egypt (also free) at www.enterprise.press.  Making It is grateful for the generous support of: CIB, Egypt’s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories The United States Agency for International Development, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt. EFG Hermes, the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets helping businesses realize their full growth potential. Links: * Elves: elvesapp.com * Enterprise: Enterprise.press * Inktank: Inktankcommunications.com

After a ten-year run leading a high-end retailer of imported food in Egypt, Jalal Abu Gazaleh nearly fell off a cliff when the devaluation of the EGP saw prices skyrocket, inflation go through the roof — and an effective ban on imports put in place.  In today’s episode, Jalal talks with us about how he built the business from a one-desk meat importer into a retail powerhouse and an early pioneer of e-commerce — and saved his business by becoming a food manufacturer. Today, his private-equity backed business is growing nationally, looking at regional expansion and mulling prospects for an IPO sometime down the road.   ** Subscribe to Making It here for free: https://bit.ly/35lugvb   ** Subscribe to Enterprise, our 6am briefing on business, finance, and economics in Egypt (also free) at www.enterprise.press.  Making It is grateful for the generous support of: CIB, Egypt’s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories. The United States Agency for International Development, which has a 40-year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt. EFG Hermes, the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets helping businesses realize their full growth potential. Links: * Gourmet: GourmetEgypt.com * Enterprise: Enterprise.press * Inktank: Inktankcommunications.com

Functional Programming - Math - Puts the "fun" in "functional" - Interesting computerisms (lazy loading, immutable, looping through recursion) - Simplicity and expressiveness Clojure - Runs on JVM - Married to emacs - rest (docs: Returns a possibly empty seq of the items after the first. Calls seq on its argument.) Haskell - High performing - Lazy loading - Yesod -- Type enforcement/security: Links, Cross-site scripting, character encoding Terraform and Ansible - Immutable infrastructure - Written in Golang - Multi-vendor - User-data component for scripts/CfgMgmt - Community and Enterprise -- Enterprise introduces advanced/sophisticated features such as apply queue/locking Provisioning Strenghts and Weaknesses - Terraform great at provisioning - Ansible great at cfg but has provisioning capabilities KVM Provider - Simple as you want it to be - Cloud-Init

Our topic segment today will discuss Patching Intel Vulnerabilities In The Enterprise. All that and more on Enterprise Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/ES_Episode74 Visit http://securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes!

Our topic segment today will discuss Patching Intel Vulnerabilities In The Enterprise. All that and more on Enterprise Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/ES_Episode74 Visit http://securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes!

Love it or hate it, Docker (and containers) are here to stay. Embrace change in this segment where Paul and Apollo discuss using Docker in the enterprise. We cover security considerations, deployment scenarios and much more! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/ES_Episode51 Visit http://securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes!

Love it or hate it, Docker (and containers) are here to stay. Embrace change in this segment where Paul and Apollo discuss using Docker in the enterprise. We cover security considerations, deployment scenarios and much more! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/ES_Episode51 Visit http://securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes!