Quick Breakdown of Facebook's "Crusade of Colonization"

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Man, you’ve gone medieval on us! Altimeter’s Jeremiah Owyang gives a kick-ass breakdown of Facebook’s announcements from today’s f8 conference. I woulda shoulda coulda been there, but doctor appointments and client meetings kept me in the city today.

MyWebGrocer Tries for sCRM for Grocery, But Widget Needs Work

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Many people know that grocery is “1 percent business,” meaning that the typical profit margin is about 1 percent. And there are software vendors like MyWebGrocer who are trying to help the grocery stores of the world get on to the social web. And that’s a noble goal. Except when… More»

Hoover's iPhone App: Smart Stuff For Stranded Salespeople, Bootstrappers

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Normally, when our clients want to expand their circle of leads or when a client’s sales team needs to break into an account, we recommend a host of sales 2.0 solutions, typically running on a social CRM platform like OracleCRM, SugarCRM or Salesforce. Mind, our clients have million-dollar budgets, and… More»

SugarCon 2010: The Wrap-Up - Big SocialCRM, Stolen iPads and Good Vibes

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I’ve been attending CRM conferences for three years, but I’m hardly a veteran in the space. I was, however, introduced to SugarCRM very early on by one of my very first consulting clients, Fred Schoeneman, over at Elmwood Realty & Investments , in Berkeley. What sold Fred on the product… More»

My Life, post-iPhone (and maybe, post-Apple)

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I think it all started when I started buying kombucha by the case, and eating a lot more vegetarian food. Then, I started reading that Anthony Keidis biography, Scar Tissue , on my Kindle. I just don’t think I really want or need my iPhone anymore. My iPhone broke about… More»

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