May 2
Bottom line: Most refreshing about this book is that Mr. Chou is striving to explain each of the seven business models with an unbiased analysis supported with company examples. He is on Twitter (@timothychou) and back in January asked for feedback on this book. If you have a passion for this area you might want to follow him on Twitter and see about helping out with the next edition.
Apr 29
Conclusion
Companies who see the potential in their employee’s passion to innovate get out of their way and give them opportunities to get involved in projects they deeply care about. Often exceptional results emerge from these efforts, leading to entirely new businesses. That’s the key take-away of the rule of 20%. For software companies delivering apps on the SaaS platform, the potential for getting immediate customer feedback is turning into an entirely new source of innovation. The speed of customer feedback possible also opens up the potential of giving employees the chance to test new concepts immediately, nurturing innovation in the process.
Apr 15
Having struggled to gain a foothold in the enterprise, Google has this year gone after this market with increased focus and intensity. Part of this increased focus on the enterprise is going to involve exclusive events where CIOs have the chance to interact with industry thought leaders. The first of several events was held Monday of this week at the Googleplex.
Apr 8
For many enterprise software companies this is a very difficult subject as the control of the sales cycle is tantamount. Opponents argue that free software trials potentially derail sales cycles and give them less control.
Mar 10
Sixteen Ventures has updated one of their more popular reports titled SaaS Revenue Modeling: Details of the 7 Revenue Streams. It's an excellent report to review on the dynamics of SaaS pricing and strategy, areas Sixteen Ventures specializes in. You ca view the book on Slideshare below and also download the slides here.
Mar 10
Tien Tzuo, Chief Strategy Officer of Salesforce.com, explains how quickly the company learned that the sales cycles of SaaS-based applications required a much greater sense of urgency, a much more distributed workforce, and much more attention to lead nurturing than had been the case with sales cycles of enterprise applications.
Feb 25
Included is an assessment of the integration requirements by Cloud type. At just over 3 minutes it’s an excellent summary of the differences between Cloud Computing platforms and provides a useful context to understand these two concepts.
Feb 19
In this five minute video clip he explains how the nascent growth of the Internet in 1973 parallels the growth of cloud computing today. He calls for cloud computing standards and the equivalent of a “state” engine that would enable applications to more effectively integrate with each other.
