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Business Models and Right-brained Geeks

Business Models and Right-brained Geeks

By Zoli Erdos on December 10, 2008

Both Ben and myself often talk about how lean business models provide a competitive benefit in good times, and are crucial in a downturn that we are now living through.  We can keep on explaining the pull-model vs. traditional software sales again and again … or jus sit back, shut up, and let a company [...]

Posted in Design | Tagged atlassian, business models, Creativity, marketing, pull-model, right-brain, software sales, startups | 4 Responses

Software Startups: How to Sell to Enterprise in a Recession

By Zoli Erdos on October 15, 2008

Three weeks ago when I wrote How Software Can Be Resilient to Recession I was very careful using the “Big R” word – since then the bottom fell out,  the doomsday-chorus started.  On my personal blog I suggested we should Turn the Doom-talk into Constructive Business Model Ideas, and that’s what I intend to do [...]

Posted in Enterprise, Strategy | Tagged enterprise sales, Entrepreneurship, pull-model, recession, software sales, startups, vc funding, venture capital | 1 Response

Welcome to CloudAve – and Thank You, Harry

Welcome to CloudAve – and Thank You, Harry

By Zoli Erdos on September 15, 2008

We must be a crazy bunch on a suicide mission.  Why else would we launch a new blog focused on Cloud Computing and Business, when it’s just a fad that will collapse in two years? Harry Debes, CEO of Lawson Software is a respected Enterprise Software industry veteran, but I’m afraid for all his achievements he’ll [...]

Posted in Business | Tagged benchmarking, business model, cloud computing, cloudave, commoditization, enterprise software, gartner, hype cycle, office 2.0, pull-model, saas, software sales | 14 Responses

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