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StitchLabs–Solving SMBs Inventory Woes

StitchLabs–Solving SMBs Inventory Woes

By Ben Kepes on February 22, 2013

Many readers know that outside of technology, I own a business that manufactures apparel and other products and sells them both online and through retail outlets. Having been involved in that business for 17 or so years, I’ve had first-hand experience of just how difficult it is to run a tightly integrated operation with e-commerce, […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Small business | Tagged brightpearl, Ecwid, inventory management, netsuite, paypal, Point of Sale, smb, sme, software as a service, stitchlabs, Storenvy

Two SaaS Metrics That Actually Don’t Matter That Much:  Churn and Sales Cycles

Two SaaS Metrics That Actually Don’t Matter That Much: Churn and Sales Cycles

By Jason M. Lemkin on January 10, 2013

Ok, I know the title sounds a bit controversial, but bear with me, it’s not.  Metrics are critical in SaaS, and you need to track them fastidiously.  But it’s also important to focus on the right metrics, at the right stage, and not obsess about the less important ones at the wrong times. And I’m […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged churn, Customer Lifetime Value, Entrepreneurship, saas, sales, smb, sme, software as a service, startups | 3 Responses

Salesforce for Quickbooks for Salesforce for Quickbooks….

Salesforce for Quickbooks for Salesforce for Quickbooks….

By Ben Kepes on September 9, 2011

Owning and running a bunch of small businesses, I have a real appreciation for just how important it is for SMBs to have a handle on their customers and deal flow – CRM, a concept foreign to many SMBs only a few years ago has become, with the growing importance of social media, a critical […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Small business | Tagged CRM, Customer, customer relationship management, integration, intuit, quickbooks, salesforce.com, Small business, smb, sme, software as a service, xero

Zoho Rounds Out Small Business Suite with Accounting App–Zoho Books

Zoho Rounds Out Small Business Suite with Accounting App–Zoho Books

By Zoli Erdos on January 19, 2011

This morning Zoho, known for SMB focused SaaS offerings in the areas of productivity, collaboration, business processes launched an Accounting app: Zoho Books. I typically don’t do detailed product reviews, when I see the first good ones, will link to them – just a few points here and then let’s discuss how it rounds out […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Small business | Tagged accounting, business suite, CRM, erp, integration, intuit, quickbooks, Small business, smb, sme, xero, zoho, zoho books, zoho invoice | 3 Responses

A Small Business Perspective on the Value of Salesforce Chatter

A Small Business Perspective on the Value of Salesforce Chatter

By Jacob Morgan on December 15, 2010

For those of you not familiar with Chatter, it’s a relatively new product that Salesforce (CRM vendor) released and it’s basically designed to allow for more efficient communication within your organization. It’s a bit like Facebook but for the enterprise.  I want to note that this post isn’t about Salesforce as a whole, but specifically […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged chatter for small business, chatter review, collaboration, Enterprise, salesforce chatter, salesforce.com, slideshare, smb, sme, Tools and Reviews | 1 Response

NetSuite Fights Hairball Epidemic with New Release and Edgy Marketing Campaign

NetSuite Fights Hairball Epidemic with New Release and Edgy Marketing Campaign

By Zoli Erdos on October 5, 2010

NetSuite’s marketing team has been known for their edginess, starting from pranks like the SAP for the Rest of Us Party during SAP’s annual conference to staging a shootout at the anti-SAP Conference or releasing edgy videos a’la Mac vs. Windows.  Today they are doing it again, by establishing the Hairball Institute for Business: (The […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Marketing | Tagged all-in-one, application suite, enterprise software, erp, google apps, hairball, integrated suites, integration, marketing, netsuite, netsuite oneworld, Oracle, saas, saas erp, sap, smb, sme, ui, user interface | 1 Response

Telcos Could Be The Future Enterprise Software Vendors For Small Businesses

Telcos Could Be The Future Enterprise Software Vendors For Small Businesses

By Chirag Mehta on September 21, 2010

Having worked on enterprise software product and go-to-market strategy for SMB (small and medium businesses), I can tell you that these are the most difficult customers to reach to, especially the S in SMB. It’s an asymmetric non-homogeneous market f…

Posted in Application Software, Infrastructure | Tagged cloud computing, saas, Small business, smb, sme, telco, telcos, telecomm

SAP Business ByDesign Video – Plain and Simple, Making Fun of …Wow, ERP!

SAP Business ByDesign Video – Plain and Simple, Making Fun of …Wow, ERP!

By Zoli Erdos on July 18, 2010

We’re just having an intense internal debate in the Enterprise Irregulars group whether SAP’s Business ByDesign (ByD) is late to the market and what it all means, when hot off the press here’s a promotional video, that’s not so much ByD advertising but a SMB / SME SaaS 101, and a very good one at […]

Posted in Enterprise, Small business | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, enterprise software, erp, humor, marketing, saas, sap, smb, sme, video | 2 Responses

NetSuite, Manufacturing, Ecosystems and a Better Way to Compete

NetSuite, Manufacturing, Ecosystems and a Better Way to Compete

By Zoli Erdos on June 3, 2010

We’ve covered NetSuite substentially @ CloudAve – to the point that I’ve run into trouble with my title:  I already used NetSuite vs SAP … Round #n. A Game Changer? so what should I call this one?  NetSuitevs SAP Round #n+1? 🙂 All right, let’s get serious:  NetSuite launched a Manufacturing Edition today.  Dennis Howlett […]

Posted in Application Software, Small business | Tagged all-in-one, application suites, Business ByDesign, ByD, erp, manufacturing, marketing, mrp, netsuite, rootstock, saas, SaaS suite, sap, smb, sme, software ecosystem, software suites

And Who Said SaaS Wasn’t Customizable? – NetSuite Rewrites the Rules and Embraces Design Thinking in the process

And Who Said SaaS Wasn’t Customizable? – NetSuite Rewrites the Rules and Embraces Design Thinking in the process

By Ben Kepes on April 7, 2010

I spend a lot of time talking to organizations about moving to SaaS an often I hear their concerns around the apparent lack of flexibility that SaaS apps give them. In the broader context this argument speaks to the points raised by Dennis Howlett in his recent post about design thinking as it relates to […]

Posted in Product reviews | Tagged bpm, Business process, customization, erp, netsuite, saas, SaaS suite, smb, sme, suiteflow, workflow | 2 Responses

The Skinny on Google's New SMB Application Marketplace

The Skinny on Google's New SMB Application Marketplace

By Ben Kepes on March 9, 2010

Last week I speculated to some impending announcements from Google about application stores specifically tailored to the small and medium business market. Well, readers didn’t have to wait long, Google has just launched what is essentially an SMB application marketplace – A place where (they hope) customers will discover, purchase and deploy integrated third party […]

Posted in Small business | Tagged app store, force.com, gam, google, intuit, marketplace, partner platform, smb, sme | 3 Responses

Google Launches Apps Marketplace

Google Launches Apps Marketplace

By Zoli Erdos on March 9, 2010

I’m at the Google Campfire One event where they’ve just announced the Google Apps Marketplace.  The site is live now, feel free to browse.  The speculation is now over, this is Google’s answer on whether they will enter the Business Applications market – they just did, with an entire ecosystem of Partners. The new Marketplace […]

Posted in Analysis, Product reviews, Small business | Tagged appexchange, CRM, echosign, echosystem, erp, force.com, freshbooks, gam, google, google apps, google apps marketplace, marketplace, netsuite, partners, saas, salesforce.com, smb, sme, zoho | 1 Response

Redux: Will Google Enter the Business Applications Market?

Redux: Will Google Enter the Business Applications Market?

By Zoli Erdos on March 9, 2010

If you think I am here to spill the beans, you’re wrong. On a purely speculative level, if there is some news to come, and if there is an embargo related to it, then here @ CloudAve we respect that.  And it’s all a big IF. So no, I am simply  dusting off an old […]

Posted in Analysis, Enterprise | Tagged accounting, all-in-one, appexchange, atlassian, bbd, Business ByDesign, business software, CRM, enterprise software, google, google apps, lightweight software, netsuite, on-demand, saas, salesforce.com, sap, small business suite, smb, sme, software as a service, zoho | 3 Responses

Google, Intuit and App Stores – Tying it Together for the 96%-ers

Google, Intuit and App Stores – Tying it Together for the 96%-ers

By Ben Kepes on March 3, 2010

As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m on the advisory board for Glue conference in Denver in May. I’m also moderating one or two sessions. One session in particular has me really excited. My background is small business – as readers will know, I own and run a handful of small businesses in varied industries and so […]

Posted in Small business | Tagged app stores, google, intuit, ipp, smb, sme | 2 Responses

Company.com – It’s All About Community

Company.com – It’s All About Community

By Ben Kepes on February 18, 2010

I’m an advocate for small and medium businesses (SMBs) – coming from a SMB background I’m all to aware of the difficulties that those at the bottom of the foodchain experience. I’ve long been involved in business advisory roles and was part of a team that set up a SMB online community a couple of […]

Posted in Marketing, Small business | Tagged accy2, company.com, intuit, ipp, sage, sagelive, smb, sme | 2 Responses

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