Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Penny Herscher, CEO of FirstRain (Part 1)

The sales and marketing teams of large enterprises have their work cut out for them when it comes to curating new business. So, they welcome companies like FirstRain that facilitate the research that’s required to effectively cultivate relationships with prospects. FirstRain is an international company based in San Mateo, California. With satellite offices in New

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Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Jive

Here’s jive …

Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Flamenco

If you liked the paso doble, you should also take a look at flamenco, its cousin. Here’s La Tania, one of my favorite flamenco dancers, performing in San Francisco: And here’s social dancing at a flamenco club in Seville, Spain:

Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Paso Doble

Paso doble, of Spanish origin, is not an easy dance. Here are two wonderful scenes from Strictly Ballroom to give you a sense of what it looks like …  

Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Lindy

And here’s lindy hop …

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: MangoSpring, Bellevue, WA

MangoSpring, with its philosophy of “social collaboration with a purpose,” makes business collaboration and productivity applications that are offered à la carte or as a suite. It is one of several smaller players in collaboration software to challenge the larger Salesforce.com and Cisco.

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2010: Reftree

By guest author Praveen Kumar Reftree is a social network platform with interactive and collaborative Web solutions for enterprise customers. The company’s goal is to enable client organizations to build an interactive Web presence, including community building, which helps in connecting with all stakeholders – prospects, customers, employees, and well-wishers. Reftree provides an array of

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Deal Radar 2008: Jive Software

A leader in web collaboration, Jive Software makes business social software that connects employees to each other and to their clients and partners. Their main focus is to improve teamwork and increase productivity through the use of their primary products, Clearspace and Clearspace Community. Other products include Jive Forums, a forum software, and Openfire, an

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