Overview
MuleSource is the leading provider of open source service oriented architecture
(SOA)
infrastructure software. Founded by the creators of the Mule project, the
world’s most
reliable and widely used open source enterprise service bus (ESB) and
integration
platform, MuleSource delivers enterprise-class software, support, and services
to the
thousands of organizations that have downloaded the open source project
worldwide.

Competition
They are the leading opensource player.  Main competition is from
proprietary incumbent players and large software companies.

Users
Developers and architects in the IT group of a company.  Variety of
industries.  Don’t just focus on Fortune 500’s of the world.
Effectively serve the smaller and mid-market companies. 

Sales
Business model comes from subscriptions that include enterprise class version
of the software and additional tooling and support.  Consulting services
on top of that.  Sales team with inside/outside model.  Got a start
in financial services, but very diverse.  Over 80% of deployments are
considered mission critical.

Working environment
Startup culture.  Passionate group of employees.  Believe in the
opensource model. Not internally competitive.  International feel with
people contributing from all over the world.  Offices in 9 countries.

Hot Job
All sales positions.  Get
over 1,000 leads each month.  Infrastructure software experience
helpful.  Believe they will be the winner in the SOA space.

Overview
WeatherBill, Inc. (www.weatherbill.com)
provides the only online service that allows businesses to protect revenue and
control costs from bad weather. Founded by CEO David Friedberg and CTO Siraj
Khaliq, former Googlers, WeatherBill is funded by New Enterprise Associates and
Index Ventures and backed by Nephila Capital.  Essentially, Weatherbill
allows users to insure against bad weather for business or events.

"WeatherBill is the first to offer safe and effective weather coverage
online. There is no unnecessary paperwork, no claims process, no proof-of-loss
and no waiting for payment. WeatherBill enables customers to customize, price
and buy weather coverage online in minutes, and pays automatically when bad
weather occurs."

Users
Wide variety of industries.  Energy companies, agriculture, and even car
wash owners and hair salons.

Sales
Keep premium if the weather outcome doesn’t happen.  Already making money
with a real product and real customers.

Working environment
Outgoing, fun, ambitious crowd of people.  Well-rounded engineers.

Hot Job
Javascript Engineer