InfoChachkie
JANUARY 23, 2019
It’s high time we kill the term Software As A Service (SaaS) and call it what it is – software. ASP To SaaS To Software. In the early 2000’s, my software startup was dubbed an Application Service Provider (ASP). If the software does not reside on our customers’ servers, we won’t sell it.”.
InfoChachkie
MARCH 3, 2011
In the summer of 1999, Expertcity (creator of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting, acquired by Citrix) released a free service called BuddyHelp. In the spirit of the “land grab” mentality of the day, we emphasized usage of our screen sharing technology with no thought applied to how we would convert such users into paying customers.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2010
My first company launched in 1999 and we were offering a SaaS document management in the cloud (we were called ASPs back then). He wanted to launch his next venture in financial services because it was a bigger industry. The exact same team had worked on 2 previous customer service startups (and 1 non-CS product).
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
or “tell us what you’re doing about location-based services?&# ). App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. It came to me.
Frank Addante
DECEMBER 22, 2006
Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Just Say What it Is By Frank Addante In todays high-tech, highly competitive world, more and more companies are describing their products or services using too many fancy, jargon words. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:
Frank Addante
AUGUST 14, 2006
Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Email is ubiquitous, email is ridden with spam, 25% of legitimate email goes undelivered (e-statements, e-commerce transactions, customer service emails, legitimate marketing e-mail), email usage is growing 30%+ per year and the world has been going paperless.
Frank Addante
MARCH 12, 2007
Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Of all of my companies, communication was probably the strongest at L90, even though the engineering and design team were completely separated from sales, marketing, business development and customer service. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0:
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