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Bootstrapping is One Answer
The VC-Entrepreneur Compensation Disbalance post has generated great discussion. In it, a theme that emerges over and again, is Bootstrapping. You have read a few of my prior writings on Bootstrapping [Is Bootstrapping Becoming Sexy and Again? and Protect Your Dilution]. There is no doubt at all anymore that bootstrapping is, indeed, becoming sexy again.
Sharat Sharan’s On24: Lead Generation Through WebCasting (Part 6)
SM: What are some of your key learnings from this journey so far? SS: The journey has been very interesting. More technology start-ups didn’t survive the dot-com bust. We were able to weather the downturn and adapt to the environment. We adjusted the management team, adjusted the focus on applications and with a bit of
Sharat Sharan’s On24: Lead Generation Through WebCasting (Part 4)
SM: What stage are you at now? Revenue? Profitability? Traffic? Customers? SS: We’re at a very good stage. We have more than 600 global organizations in publishing, technology, life sciences, government, and financial services that rely on us. These are large companies that have a need for our solutions, such as Business Objects, Cisco Systems,
Informatica: Acquisition Target?
Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) is a leading data integration enterprise that serves over 2,850 companies worldwide for their end-to-end data integration needs. The various enterprise-wide data integration and data quality solutions that its products support encompass a vast range including data consolidation, data synchronization, data governance, and data warehousing. INFA’s data quality products also support
IPTV: Next-Gen Television?
By Mitch Berman, Guest Author To TV or not to TV? That is the question. William Shakespeare would ask, if he were on the Internet today. According to eMarketer’s March 2007 report, 143 million Americans are using their PCs to go online and watch TV shows or other forms of video on-demand. The Internet continues
“BI Appliances” are Entering the Fray
By David Hatch, Guest Author In May of 2007, Cognos announced the availability of “Cognos Now!”, a “BI Appliance”/SaaS BI offering that comes via the acquisition of Celequest this past January. In June, Ingres (an open source database provider) announced the completion of work on a “BI Appliance” with JasperSoft (a provider of open source
Cognos’ Enterprise 3.0 Strategy Missing
The view from the top is getting clearer. The Business Intelligence companies that are relatively big and have strong appetite to digest acquisitions are either filling gaps in their product lines or expanding market share. COGN makes Business Intelligence and Performance Management software and has over 23,000 clients worldwide. Cognos’ (NASDAQ: COGN) latest buy, Applix
Enterprise 3.0 Framework: Recap
I wrote a framework piece defining next generation Enterprise software, and wrote a number of derivative pieces on the subject about specific companies. Just like we added to the Web 3.0 framework last week, this week we need to add to the Enterprise 3.0 framework as well. But first, here’s the recap. Definition: Enterprise 3.0
