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JUNE 25, 2015
I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. Its a big to-do list and one that demands someone experienced in operating at this sort of scale.
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NOVEMBER 4, 2010
This is important because the customers they serve (the red line) demand a product that meets their complex requirements. The incumbents have expensive product features to maintain and often expensive sales channels. billion in recurring run-rate revenue and growing while Siebel is sold to Oracle for a mere $5.8
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2010
Conventional wisdom in most companies is that “the competition is the enemy&# – it’s the rallying cry to dig deeper, get more features out the door, issue press releases citing differences and attack the competition’s weaknesses in sales presentations. Software, software, software. Them vs. Us.
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OCTOBER 1, 2009
M&A has shown some spectacular results including Zappos to Amazon for $928million , Sun to Oracle for $7.4 More tellingly was the sale of Mint.com to Intuit for $170+ million because it showed VCs that a well-executed investment can still garner a quick, solid results (the company was sold around 3 years after its foundation).
InfoChachkie
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
The campaign was so successful it eventually catapulted 7-Up’s sales to rival that of both Coke and Pepsi, making it the third most popular soft drink in the US. We also incurred substantial software licensing charges from Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Oracle. All rights reserved.
InfoChachkie
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
The campaign was so successful it eventually catapulted 7-Up’s sales to rival that of both Coke and Pepsi, making it the third most popular soft drink in the US. We also incurred substantial software licensing charges from Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Oracle.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 9, 2010
When I started my first company in 1999 we spent more than $2 million on technology infrastructure including Sun servers & Solaris operating system, Oracle databases, EMC storage, load balancers, app servers, back-up devices, disk mirrors and on and on. I’m just listed who I perceive as the market leaders.
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