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Rethinking target markets

June 28, 2009 Cloud Computing

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Mike Speiser, Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures, has an interesting post on GigaOm today.  An excerpt:
Self-Service Nation: Why Targeting Small Business Is Good Business
While the 80-20 rule can be very powerful, the reality is that many of the costs associated with building, supporting, distributing and selling technology products have dropped dramatically [...]

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Gmail Contacts finally becomes useful

February 12, 2009 Google

If you’re a Gmail user like me, 2008 seemed like a lost year.  Google did give us the Google Labs features, many of which were nice tweaks, but there wasn’t a significant improvement to the core application.  2009, as you know has been quite different.  We’ve seen the addition of many significant features, with offline [...]

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Gmail Contacts finally becomes useful

February 12, 2009 Google

If you’re a Gmail user like me, 2008 seemed like a lost year.  Google did give us the Google Labs features, many of which were nice tweaks, but there wasn’t a significant improvement to the core application.  2009, as you know has been quite different.  We’ve seen the addition of many significant features, with offline [...]

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ReadWriteWeb discusses the state of software innovation in India

January 22, 2009 Business

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ReadWriteWeb recently ran a post about the state of India’s innovation engine.  I’ve posted a clip here, but click through to read the whole thing:
State of Innovation in India: 2009 – ReadWriteWeb
That Big Wide-Open SaaS Opportunity
Indian start-ups that dreamed of creating the next SAP or Oracle faced massive hurdles on the sales and [...]

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MindMeister updates include Cross-Connections

December 25, 2008 Cloud Computing

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I’m a big fan of mind mapping.  For years I used MindJet’s MindManager application, but I’ve since migrated to the cloud based MindMeister.  MindMeister is not as robust as MindManager, but it allows for collaborative brainstorming without client-side software.  Over the last year or so, MindMeister has grown in capabilities, including offline mind [...]

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Boxee will soon be available to less priviledged

December 24, 2008 web2.0

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Boxee, the awesome media center application that aggregates many online media sources onto one platform is opening up next month for anyone who is interested in a beta.  I’ve been on the alpha, and love it.  This integration has me seriously thinking dropping the dreaded cable bill.
boxee blog » opening up the alpha
we’ve [...]

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