Jon Hirschtick, Repeat Founder - Innovating in the Cloud

Sal's Investment Syndicate List: Click to Join Sponsors: Purdue University Entrepreneurship Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish & Richardson Thrice-exited founder Jon Hirschtick of SolidWorks and Onshape fame, talks about the promise of cloud-based technologies and how to build successful businesses in the space. Jon's a good sport and a fun guest. Highlights: Sal Daher Introduces Jon Hirschtick, Founder of SolidWorks and Onshape "...the problem we were solving with Onshape is around the use of CAD, Computer-Aided-Design t" "...I had a year off and I could see the emergence of cloud technologies and I thought back to the problems I had seen users having." "...Onshape is the Google Docs of CAD...SolidWorks was the Microsoft Word of Onshape. What came before SolidWorks was like the Wang Word Processor of CAD." "...Marc Andreessen, he was an investor in Onshape" It Was hard to Raise Money for SolidWorks but Its Success Made It Easy to Get Onshape Funded Jon Hirschtick Was on the Famous MIT Blackjack Team SolidWorks Was Jon's Idea of Taking Computer-Aided Design from Specialized Work Stations to Desktop PCs Jon Hirschtick Proved All the Naysayers Wrong on SolidWorks Why Jon Hirschtick Thinks Boston Is a Great Place to Start a CAD Company New York's Unlikely Rise as a Startup Hub "...Boston city government is not perfect but...compared to San Francisco and...New York City, we're models of efficiency, we're Singapore." Jon Hirschtick Thinks There's Room for Improvement in Massachusetts' Non-Compete Law How Cloud-based Technologies Drive Innovation The Way Data Is Organized Is Archaic, It's Trying to Emulate Paper Records The Cloud Shatters Barriers Imposed by Paper Emulation, Making Fast Iteration and Communication Possible Saying Goodbye to Version Control Jon Hirschtick's Most Important Factors of Success by Founders Jon Hirschtick: "...it's easier than ever to start a company and harder than ever to build a great business." Topics: founding stories, fundraising, software, venture funding