Today's Entrepreneur: Dale Quayle

Kristin Karaoglu · March 26, 2012 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/256f

No. 1 mistake: Inventing software that no one wants

Today's Entrepreneur is Dale Quayle, President and CEO, FileTrek Software. According to his VEQ Dale is a thought leader and is sales management and team motivation.

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I am a(n):
Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Trinagy, Integrien, FIleTrek

Startups I worked for:
Holguin, Artios,Trinagy, Integrien, FIleTrek

If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to attack serious enterprise problems with serious enterprise software.

My favorite startups:
VMware, Integrien, FileTrek

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Creating an idea into a product that is used an accepted in the market, is the most frustrating part of the job. The most rewarding...... the same thing.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, inventing software that no one wants.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
1. Get customers.
2. Be maniacal about assuring customers love your product.
3. Listen to what customers tell you and keep inovating.

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Kristin Karaoglu

Woman of many skills: Database System Engineer; SplashX event producer; Author of Startup Teams

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FileTrek Software

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FileTrek Software Inc. is a provider of mobile content management and tracking solutions for complete visibility of sharing, syncing and versioning activities on the desktop and in the cloud.

The solution combines enterprise-class file sharing and innovative tracking technology to solve the modern dilemma of data sprawl. FileTrek provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and the ability for businesses to track content and data – all within a unified system.

FileTrek is transparent to users and can be scaled across thousands of mobile devices to maximize individual and workgroup activity. The innovative technology has evolved to provide the enterprise with the ability to know the location of file, who has worked on it, the various changes that have been made to it, and how files within a project are related.

The company is a privately funded with corporate headquarters in Ottawa, Canada and a regional office in Los Angeles, CA.

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Dale Quayle

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Dale Quayle is a veteran of the Enterprise Software industry and has been helping customers take advantage of innovative new solutions to address complex enterprise problems for over 25 years.