QStart Labs Partners with Bluemile, Inc. to Host Portfolio of Startups in the Cloud
Bluemile Inc. The Bluemile Network and QStart Labs to launch 12 new business ventures this year by creating a scalable private cloud environment that will grow along with the success of each startup.
- Akron, OH (1888PressRelease) October 13, 2011 - QStart Labs, a unique team that build businesses on the web, and Bluemile, an enterprise cloud and communications service provider, have teamed up to initiate a new program labeled QLaunch. The program will help 12 new businesses get off the ground by offering web development and startup advisory services. Bluemile will host these startups in a private enterprise cloud environment that will scale with their growth. The cloud environment will help reduce capital expenditures and allow company executives to focus on the core needs of the business.
"Our relationship with Bluemile has increased the performance of our core infrastructure while allowing us to provide an enterprise class, secure virtualized cloud environment for our startups," stated Kevin Hiser, President of Qstart Labs. "Leveraging the network infrastructure solutions provided by Bluemile has allowed us to reduce our costs for our partner companies tremendously. Our partner companies now have a cost structure that allows them to focus their capital on innovative ideas to promote the growth of their business."
The QStart Labs development team consists of entrepreneurs, designers, nerds, and investors that guide startups from idea stage to a successful exit. They have an innovative business model that consists of a fixed cost to get to market regardless of the cost to QStart Labs plus a low-risk revenue sharing component. This ensures aligned interests with success and protects the new businesses from financial distress while encouraging profitability. The method and structure of their QLaunch model reduces startup risk, operating costs and time-to-market for launching a business on the web.
Bluemile plays a key role in launching the startups by providing a private cloud with corporate level infrastructure and support at a low cost. Each company's individual cloud can be scaled to account for product launches, seasonal needs, temporary demands and business growth. These startups will have access to the full suite of virtual datacenter solutions offered by Bluemile, including disaster recovery, compute, storage and backup services.
About QStart Labs
Started by NCT Ventures to increase the success rate of their portfolio companies, Columbus-based QStart Labs is a technology development and advisory company that helps startups and their investors reduce the typical cost, time-to-market, and risk associated with launching a new web based venture. QStart Labs team members act as mentors for strategic planning in sales, marketing, human resources, finance and information technology, while creating alignment with their objectives and exit strategies.
The QLaunch program is an extension of the QStart Labs vision to be part entrepreneur, part investor, and "all partner" to the startups they help to grow. The program includes what they label the "campfire process", which bridges the gap between business and technology needs to get to revenue quickly, prove the business model, and provide a solid platform for rapid growth. This process starts with an all day in-person meeting to discuss the business's objectives, revenue model, audience(s), etc. Since QStart Labs' success is dependant on the success of the company, this process is meant to highlight great ideas, challenge bad ideas, and work through areas that are not well defined to ensure the best possible chance of success. The end result is a detailed functional specification outlining what should be "in" and what should be "out" for this phase of the business.
About Bluemile
Your power company meets the demands of your business - so should your data center. Bluemile's premium cloud solutions scale to your demand, making your business more competitive. Bluemile provides solutions that power enterprise companies, service providers and municipalities. These solutions include virtual data center, compute, storage, backup, disaster recovery, test and development, fiber optic services, and colocation. Your business. Powered by Bluemile.
Headquartered in New Albany, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, Bluemile owns and operates a national optical and IP network, highly redundant data centers and an enterprise cloud infrastructure that is powered by EMC, VCE, VMware, Dell and Cisco. The Bluemile network is currently operational in Columbus, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Cleveland with expansion underway into the Boston and Chicago markets. Bluemile has attained vCloud Powered status through VMware and Velocity Service Provider status through EMC.
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