DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture Capital
Description
Tom Shea is the cofounder and CEO of OneStream Software which is an independent CPM software company. The company has raised over $600 million from investors like KKR. Prior to this he founded UpStream Software which was acquired by Hyperion which would later be acquired by Oracle for over $3 billion.
In this episode you will learn:
Bootstrapping into the millions
Becoming the Kleenex of your industry
The need to break your own business every few years as you grow
Planning your growth in stages
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For a winning deck, take a look at the pitch deck template created by Silicon Valley legend, Peter Thiel (see it here) that I recently covered. Thiel was the first angel investor in Facebook with a $500K check that turned into more than $1 billion in cash.
Moreover, I also provided a commentary on a pitch deck from an Uber competitor that has raised over $400 million (see it here).
Remember to unlock for free the pitch deck template that is being used by founders around the world to raise millions below.
About Tom Shea:
Tom Shea is an original founder and CEO of OneStream Software.
Tom Shea was an original founder of UpStream Software in January of 2000 where he invented and architected UpStream TB and later UpStream WebLink. These products pioneered a new space called Financial Data Quality and achieved a better way to manage data quality for Hyperion products by providing a packaged product (UpStream/FDM) every company could use.
Tom Shea is passionate when it comes to delivering value, success and support. Tom Shea passion and true strength stems from a deep, unique understanding of Finance that leads to truly innovative and revolutionary products.
Tom Shea began working on OneStream XF more than 8 years ago and his vision is to change the entire CPM ecosystem with a solution that combines power and flexibility with ease of use, deployment and maintenance.
Connect with Tom Shea:
* Linkedin
* Crunchbase
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FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today, I think that the founder that we have is definitely super interesting, gone the full cycle, bootstrapping, now raising capital, you name it. I think that it’s going to be quite an exciting story. So without further ado, let me welcome our guest today, Tom Shea, welcome to the show.
Tom Shea: Hi, Alejandro.
In this episode you will learn:
Bootstrapping into the millions
Becoming the Kleenex of your industry
The need to break your own business every few years as you grow
Planning your growth in stages
SUBSCRIBE ON:
For a winning deck, take a look at the pitch deck template created by Silicon Valley legend, Peter Thiel (see it here) that I recently covered. Thiel was the first angel investor in Facebook with a $500K check that turned into more than $1 billion in cash.
Moreover, I also provided a commentary on a pitch deck from an Uber competitor that has raised over $400 million (see it here).
Remember to unlock for free the pitch deck template that is being used by founders around the world to raise millions below.
About Tom Shea:
Tom Shea is an original founder and CEO of OneStream Software.
Tom Shea was an original founder of UpStream Software in January of 2000 where he invented and architected UpStream TB and later UpStream WebLink. These products pioneered a new space called Financial Data Quality and achieved a better way to manage data quality for Hyperion products by providing a packaged product (UpStream/FDM) every company could use.
Tom Shea is passionate when it comes to delivering value, success and support. Tom Shea passion and true strength stems from a deep, unique understanding of Finance that leads to truly innovative and revolutionary products.
Tom Shea began working on OneStream XF more than 8 years ago and his vision is to change the entire CPM ecosystem with a solution that combines power and flexibility with ease of use, deployment and maintenance.
Connect with Tom Shea:
* Crunchbase
* * *
FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today, I think that the founder that we have is definitely super interesting, gone the full cycle, bootstrapping, now raising capital, you name it. I think that it’s going to be quite an exciting story. So without further ado, let me welcome our guest today, Tom Shea, welcome to the show.
Tom Shea: Hi, Alejandro.