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Is Your Tech Business Marketing or Sales Driven?
Software and hardware businesses are often segmented by the vertical or horizontal market they’re targeting, their technology platform, small vs. large companies, and so on. However, one of the more important ways to segment tech businesses isn’t often discussed. That is by tech business marketing and sales. Is the company sales-driven or marketing-driven in its […]
Are There Any Software Segments The Cloud Won’t Swallow?
It’s become pretty clear in the last couple of years that we are heading irrevocably toward a cloud-dominated future in the software business. The evidence is irrefutable. To attempt to get a traditionally licensed PC or enterprise software business funded by an institutional investor would be a suicide mission these days. Whether it’s SaaS, PaaS, […]
What’s Up With HP?
As regular readers will know, I am a Hewlett Packard alumnus and a longtime admirer of the company. I worked at HP in the eighties, and with hindsight it was one of the finest periods of my career. It was a GREAT place to work, as documented by books and case studies written about the […]
How Soon Should Your Software or Hardware Company Go International?
This is a question that frankly doesn’t come up often enough at early-stage tech companies. There is usually an assumption that you first conquer your home market. Then sometimes WAY, WAY down the road when you are already flush and successful, it will be time for international market entry. US-based tech companies are most guilty […]
