{"id":36334,"date":"2013-06-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/ringcentrals-vlad-shmunis-speaks-on-entrepreneurship-best-practices\/"},"modified":"2020-08-07T05:46:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T05:46:45","slug":"ringcentrals-vlad-shmunis-speaks-on-entrepreneurship-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/ringcentrals-vlad-shmunis-speaks-on-entrepreneurship-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"RingCentral CEO Vlad Shmunis Speaks on Entrepreneurship Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>RingCentral CEO Vlad Shmunis spoke last week at the Silicon Valley Open Doors technology investment conference. Below is an edited and condensed transcript of Vlad&#8217;s views on entrepreneurship, venture funding and business success. Dylan Tweney, the executive editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturebeat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VentureBeat<\/a>, was the interviewer.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11436\" alt=\"svod1logo\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/svod1logo.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"303\" \/> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Dylan Tweney: Can you give us a little more understanding of RingCentral?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vlad Shmunis: RingCentral is a cloud phone solution. It is like taking your old PBX [private branch exchange] system, doing away with it and putting it into the cloud. It\u2019s for companies that are dealing with a distributed workforce or have multiple locations, designed around the fact that most people use mobile phones. We were also the first company to integrate SMS on work phone numbers.<\/p>\n<p><em>DT: Who are you competing with?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>VS: The big picture is that we are competing with the world&#8217;s Avayas and Nortels. When you are a small business, you can work just using your cell phone. Once a company gets larger, you don\u2019t see them giving out their personal email &#8211; same goes with phone numbers. The higher-end markets have a tendency to have a phone company as their provider. A company will call a telco and buy a reference box. That&#8217;s ultimately where we want to be.<\/p>\n<p><em>DT: You bootstrapped your company for a long time. How did you keep up the momentum? At which point did you look to take outside investment?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>VS: The short answer is, I took an investment once I realized the company was going to be big. <strong>I saw the opportunity to build something large<\/strong>, and when I realized that I knew I would need partners. It was about much more than just receiving money.<\/p>\n<p><em>DT: Did you resist taking investment at first?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>VS: Well, I am a conservative guy. There were a few things that I wanted to be sure of before taking an investment. First, I wanted to make sure that the technology worked and that I could prove the concept. Second, I wanted to make sure that we could acquire and retain customers. Third, I wanted to make sure that I was going to attract the right investment. I do not have a venture capital background, so I waited for the right fit.<\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11438\" alt=\"RingCentral-200d\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/RingCentral-200d.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" \/>DT: You have a large company now. How do you maintain excitement? 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