CommuniTech.Net is one of the world's most successful Web hosting companies, with 24,000 clients in 130 countries. Gabe Murphy and Brian Heitman started the company in 1997 while Murphy was attending Cornell University and Heitman was in high school. The business plan for the company was born when Murphy enrolled in a course in entrepreneurship.
Gabe Murphy received his B.S. from Cornell University in 1999.
CommuniTech.net started with $3,800. Bryan and I put together $1,900 each and with that we were able to buy a server and ISDN, which is a high speed internet access connection. Not very high speed because it would handle about 300 customers but it was enough to get started and today that's kind of...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Gabe Murphy Discusses Importance of Market Research Reports - Especially in Getting VC Funding
Gabe Murphy Discusses Maintaining and Growing the Business through Positive Cash Flows
Gabe Murphy Discusses Philosophy Related to Term Sheets and the Ethics of Doing a Deal
Gabe Murphy Discusses Importance of Understanding Industry Research Before Speaking to VCs
Gabe Murphy Discusses Learning from Failures and the Importance of Writing a Business Plan
Gabe Murphy States Lenders Need to Be Comfortable with Numbers Before they Will Evaluate Overall Business
