
Death by PDF. Ouch.
billFLO is dead. Most of you probably never heard of this startup – I admit I did not follow them, just met the Founder at a few conferences, liked him as “nice guy”. Ben covered them here, in fact he even became an Advisor for a while, his last post reporting the sale […]

Top 10 People to Follow in the Enterprise 2.0 Space and Why (Pt 1)
There are a lot of great thinkers and practitioners in the Enterprise 2.0 space whom I follow for ideas, information, and advice. The space as a whole is still fairly new and there really aren’t THAT many folks involved in Enterprise 2.0 initiatives, especially when you compare that to the number of “social media experts.” […]

Enterprise 2.0 is a Crock… But Only Kind-Of
It’s not often I agree with Dennis Howlett. The two of us have a history of going at it hammer-and-tongs in the defense of our own perspective on an issue. Sometimes it gets messy but that’s all part of the *fun*. Recently however, in something of an “Emperor’s New Clothes” moment, Dennis posted the not-too-subtle […]

Open Meets Closed – And 2.0 Comes of Age at WhoRunsGov.com
OK – I’ll agree that the title to this post is a little too declaratory – something I try to avoid but bear with me for a minute. Today at the Government 2.0 Summit, the Washington Post will announce the WhoRunsGov.com ‘Moderated Wiki’ a wiki that gives readers the chance to contribute to profiles of […]

Channels – Direct or Partnered, Take Your Pick
I had a little online tete-a-tete with fellow SaaS commentator Dennis Howlett recently about market strategies for SaaS accounting companies. Dennis comes from an accountancy background and, from where I can stand at least, seems to have generally been supportive of vendors partnering with accountants as a major part of their go-to-market strategy. In his […]