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We Sell the Ultimate Commodity – Money

We Sell the Ultimate Commodity – Money

By Derek Pilling on May 1, 2014

Last month I participated in a panel discussion at Denver University organized by Maclyn (Mac) Clouse. Mac is a long-time educator and supporter Denver’s entrepreneurial community. I was joined by Peter Adams, Executive Director of the Rockies Venture Club. Mac’s setup for the discussion was “dangerous” because he offered both Peter and I the opportunity […]

Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged DU Finance Forum, Growth Equity, lessons learned, Mac Clouse, Peter Adams, Raising Capital, restrictive covenants, Rockies Venture Club, value-add, venture capital

Please Articulate the Value Add, Not the Substitution for SaaS

Please Articulate the Value Add, Not the Substitution for SaaS

By Ben Kepes on September 16, 2009

Over on the Xero blog, co-founder Hamish Edwards is running series with the not-too-modest title “The Future of Accounting is Online”. In the first post Hamish introduces the first key theme for accountants to look for in a software solution “Access to the clients’ accounting systems and the ability to collaborate in real-time, anytime, anywhere […]

Posted in General, Strategy | Tagged saas/s, saas/v, sosaas, value-add, xero | 3 Responses

SaaS and Traditional Software Vendors

By Ben Kepes on February 12, 2009

More and more we see big players dipping their toes in the SaaS waters. In recent months we’ve seen SaaS related movements from Microsoft, SAP, Sage and many others. All of this has led me to revisit a series of posts I wrote 18 months or so ago on ISVs moving to SaaS. I’ve always […]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged isv, saas, saas/s, saas/v, sage, sosaas, value-add | 9 Responses

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