
Magic Quadrant. No. Magik Quadrant. No. Magik Kvadrant. From the Creator of the Enterprise Octopus.
Sam Lawrence, formerly of Jive Software and Enterprise Octopus, most recently Blackbox Republic is baaaack. Big Time. Sorry. I mean Go Big Always. This time (actually a month ago) he is presenting the Magik Quadrant from a customer prospective. (Should it not be the Magik Kvadrant?) There you have it. But I can’t steal his […]

Nice Marketing Blackbox Republic – But Maybe I Was Right to be Skeptical
Nearly a year ago the blogosphere went wild about Blackbox Republic, a social media site that “focused on reinventing the online relationship market” or whatever that means. It’s a social network for “sex positive” individuals or people who are “open enough about sexuality that it’s not an issue” – yeah whatever… It’s the sort of […]
Blackbox Republic – A Marketing Coup but Baseless Perhaps?
I didn’t really want to write this post, but felt an obligation to play devil’s advocate. (Clarification – playing devil’s advocate isn’t necessarily taking the dissenting view merely for dissension’s sake – I’m troubled that no-one else is seeing the other side of this release and I feel obliged to correct that….) Sam Lawrence, ex-marketing honcho at Jive software and […]