The Archives

• 03.15.08
  BarcampNYC3, Cavemen and SXSW
  My Experiences

  Apologies to all, especially Matt, for a lack of blog posts. I’ve been a busy guy: In addition to a beyond-heavy workload, Heights Media Group in conjunction with iStragtegyLabs launched a social platform for Geico last week helping cavemen find dates. I then spent five days at South by South West and had an absolutely awesome time -- even despite the Lacey debacle. Seeing Marty was a true highlight at the Crush Party, as was the following night’s Rock Band concert. Today I presented at BarCampNYC3 along with Vishy Venugopalan, Sewell Tang and Krish Sridhar. We organized a panel called, The Office ...
  
  
• 02.21.08
  It Could Be Called ‘Enterprising 2.0’
  Workstreamr

  Last month the Wall Street Journal compiled a list of seven common activities technology is helping to transform. Notably absent was ‘how we work.’ My last post discussed why I feel the phrase Enterprise 2.0 is not the best one to represent the next generation of enterprise software. I arrive at this conclusion based in the fact that work culture is fundamentally changing. As a result of these changes, the next wave of software innovations cannot simply be ‘additions’ to already existing architectures. Maybe this would be fine if we were in a maturing industry; but we are not. Thus, our ...
  
  
• 02.20.08
  The Political Metaphor That Is Enterprise Software
  Workstreamr

  I have been following the progress of FASTforward 2008 with great interest. Our new project - Workstreamr - is to be a new entrant in what most now refer to as the ‘Enterprise 2.0’ space. Very talented folks such as Andrew McAfee of Harvard University have spent vast amounts of time researching, debating and ultimately defining this industry. Now I must humbly disagree with their vernacular. For many younger people (and I assume older ones too!) enterprise software is a big ugly word. For myself and my fellow millenials, enterprise software provokes nightmares of installation CDs, dedicated servers, bloated Microsoft ...
  
  
• 11.15.07
  Are You Impacting Revenues?
  Campus Chatter

  I once had a professor who believed that if you are not directly impacting revenues at your company, you should find another job. For most companies, revenues result from two things: sales and marketing. Maybe if you are the lead product developer, or primary service provider you also directly impact revenues -- but not always. In the world of 9 to 5 jobs, you need to get yourself as close to the revenue cycle as possible. If you want the company to think of you as a long-term investment, you must figure out how to make yourself essential to the ...
  
  
• 11.01.07
  Event Robot Takes Conway’s Funding, Changes Name and Strategy
  Business Models, Social Networking

  Event Robot started as a secretive company offering a customizable, white-label social networking platform. The firm, founded by Tim Young had some early successes including building a platform for the Van’s Warped Tour and more recently, Ozzfest 2007. The initial business model included a network customization fee, followed by a revenue share from in-network advertising. Event Robot was originally based in Irvine and is now in San Fran (with a pit stop in Minnesota?) The company largely evaded PR, maintaining one of the more basic websites around. This past summer VentureBeat reported that the company had taken an angel ...
  
  
• 03.13.07
  Enterprise 2.0: Where Online Meets Offline
  Tech'nomics

  So a thought occurred to me today. Web 2.0 is still very much about the individual. For example, I may use a ’social’ bookmarking system, but the only thing truly social about it is the aggregation and dissemination of the information. Likewise on a social networking site I can have relationships with people that exist entirely within the confines of technology boundaries. Twitter is a great example. I may follow John Edwards, but have I ever met John? Will I ever meet John? No. The same goes for Second Life. The same goes for MyBlogLog. As we move toward an understanding of Enterprise ...
  
  

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