By now most of you have at least heard that Microsoft has announced a long rumored major reorganization of the company. It was announced in a company-wide email from CEO Steve Ballmer. Let me say first of all that I think Mr. Ballmer takes an inordinate amount of grief. I also think that he has […]
Integrating Sales & Marketing at Software and Hardware Companies
In some, but not all, tech companies the Sales and Marketing functions are managed separately. They are separate, but closely related functions that some people without a strong background in either function tend to confuse. Normally, a VP or Director is heading up the Marketing department, and another VP or Director leading the Sales staff. […]
Organizational Structures in Software & IT Companies
So you’ve put together a hardware or software startup company. Chances are you didn’t give a lot of thought to the next step should be in your IT or software company organizational structure development. You just wanted to bring in some revenue and find a way to keep the doors open. Or, maybe you gave […]