by nxhyfiuq | Oct 12, 2006 | Uncategorized
The venture capital panel at the end of the partner general session on Wednesday was quite excellent. I’m not in the habit of complimenting VC’s but in this case the panel did a nice job of outlining the need and lack thereof for venture capital in the...
by nxhyfiuq | Oct 12, 2006 | Uncategorized
As it turns out we’re all three. We use salesforce.com to drive some of our campaigns. We’ve developed a prototype app for the AppExchange and we can resell SFDC into our client base. So while I was at Dreamforce, I was continually trying to figure out my...
by nxhyfiuq | Oct 12, 2006 | Uncategorized
I sat through several painful breakout sessions at Dreamforce. Either they were blatant pitches for the speaker’s company or strayed way-off topic. All trade shows suffer from this – it’s not a salesforce.com issue. Problem is most shows do not pay...
by nxhyfiuq | Oct 12, 2006 | Uncategorized
Colin Powell gave a great speech at DreamForce. Speaking for one hour without notes, he was hilarious, inspiring and informative. Probably the best speech I’ve ever heard. I was especially delighted to hear the General using John Boyd’s exact words to...
by nxhyfiuq | Oct 12, 2006 | 9 - Miscellaneous Marketing Postings
Those of you who have dug deep into this blog know I like to ride and race road bikes. Part of my enjoyment with this past time is the chance to exercise my competitive demons. And, as it turns out, one of the most perfect applications of Boyd’s O-O-D-A Loop...