Ascend CEO Sean Knapp: Focus, Speed and Intensity Are The Three Key Ingredients for Startup Success

It is a lesson that Sean Knapp, Founder and CEO at Ascend lives by. I met Sean at his Palo Alto office a few weeks ago, and as we chatted about the state of the market and how industries are shifting towards “as a Service” in almost every aspect, we found ourselves on a track about what really makes a startup successful.