Archive for July, 2009

Zappos & Amazon – Happy News For All

Posted on July 28, 2009. Filed under: Start Up | Tags: , , , , , |

I had been asked a few times over the last week about my thoughts on the Zappos transaction.  I think this is a great story for innovation and startups.  Zappos started in a space many believed you could not transact online: selling shoes without people trying them on… Of course, as the world has grown [...]

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Marketing is the New Sales

Posted on July 23, 2009. Filed under: Start Up | Tags: , , , , , , , |

Many have written about the rise of highly capital efficient companies, the growth of SaaS, the penetration of technology into the SMB community, and the new requirement to deliver value to customers at the time of purchase.   Each of these strategies has radically altered the sales process.  No longer are armies of sales people sitting [...]

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