Paolo Fragomeni, CEO of Socket Supply: $3.5 Million Raised to Build the Future of P2P Computing

Paolo Fragomeni is the CEO of Socket Supply, a New York based company offering web developers tools for building Peer to Peer software with web technology. 

In this episode, Paolo shares how Socket Supply is helping developers shift away from the cloud and how its open-source tools are simplifying the workflow for developers, freeing  them  from the cost and complexity of the cloud.

Topics Discussed:

• How Socket Supply came to be and how its developer tools bridges the technology gap in the app development space
• The cultural and technical values Paolo learned from other teams that he has applied to his own team at Socket Supply
• Socket Supply’s current user base and how Socket’s open-source runtime is supporting the trend of companies moving away from the cloud
• Problems and limitations of the cloud, and why having fully cloud based operations becomes more cost prohibitive with growth
• Why Socket Supply is not affected by P2P computing hype cycles
• How Paolo is focusing on the metrics that matter in determining Socket Supply’s market viability
• Paolo’s vision for Socket Supply for the next three years

 

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Improvised Munitions Handbook

The Anarchist Cookbook