james Colgan

Website: www.xuropa.com/blog
San Francisco, California, United States
Member since October 30, 2008

About

I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

I want to change the world.

My favorite startups:

Vimeo, Mint.com

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

The most exciting thing in the world is seeing what is yet to exist and making it a reality. Frustratingly, vision doesn't always come with a timeline - but creativity and perseverance win out!

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

1. Keep it simple 2. Transparency & Trust - people want to help! 3. Vision doesn't come with a timeline

Full bio

James Colgan is Founder and CEO of Xuropa - an instant channel for independent software vendors (ISV) to stream and monetize their software from the cloud - a SaaS business enablement platform for traditional installed software.

Prior to founding Xuropa - an engineer, product strategist, buiness development executive at billion dollar companies and startups....but always an innovative entrepreneur making a difference and striving to change industries.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesacolgan