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Event Report: Retailers Navigate Exponential Tech Amidst New Business Model Shifts #NRF2019

Event Report: Retailers Navigate Exponential Tech Amidst New Business Model Shifts #NRF2019

By R "Ray" Wang on January 19, 2019

Retail Innovation Continues To Improve As Budgets And Margin Grow Over 40,000 attendees gathered at Jacob Javitz convention center in New York City for the annual big show (see Figure 1.) The show kicked off with a keynote from BJ’s Wholesale Club Chairman, President, and CEO Chris Baldwin. Chris conveyed the impact of retail on […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged #NRF2019, 2019, Apps Strategy, best practices, Business Transformation, C-Suite, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Creative Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Data Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Service Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, Constellation Research, COO, CRM, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, event report, experience management, google, google cloud platform, growth, innovation, jump start growth, Leadership, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, National Retail Federation, R “Ray” Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, The Big Show, trends

Research Report: Improving Go-to-Market Results with Constellation’s ACF

Research Report: Improving Go-to-Market Results with Constellation’s ACF

By R "Ray" Wang on January 16, 2019

Apply the Account Categorization Framework to Succeed in Account-Based Strategies An account-based strategy model needs to focus on re-establishing relationships. With a very-well-defined list of business-to-business contacts, the go-to-market strategy requires a disciplined approach to re-engage with customers. Unfortunately, most field organizations are saddled with tech-laden complexity. Constellation Research suggests that clients put human relationships […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged account based strategy, account categorization framework, Apps Strategy, best practices, Business Transformation, C-Suite, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Creative Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Data Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Service Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, CMO, Constellation Research, COO, CRM, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, digital marketing, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, experience management, growth, innovation, jump start growth, Leadership, R “Ray” Wang;, Research Report, rwang0, sales, sales effectiveness, sales strategies, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, trends, vendor strategy

The trajectories of great software companies

The trajectories of great software companies

By Brian Sommer on July 7, 2014

Ever wonder how much growth a software firm should really target? If you thought the sky’s the limit, you might want to think again.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business Model, growth, Julio Gallo, netsuite, Rocketeers, software business, software startups, SuccessFactors, TechVentive | 1 Response

Is 5x the New 2x in SaaS?

Is 5x the New 2x in SaaS?

By Jason M. Lemkin on March 4, 2014

Back in 2012, when the SaaStr audience was about 1/30th of what it is today, I wrote a post that a lot of folks didn’t like:  ”Workday is Growing 90% this Year.  At $250m in ARR.  So Wake Up:  You Probably Need to Do A Lot, Lot Better.“ In fact, it was the first post […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Entrepreneurship, growth, SaaS, SaaStr, startups, venture funding, WhatsApp, workday

Bullish on the Valley View

Bullish on the Valley View

By Chris Selland on July 7, 2012

My fellow Enterprise Irregular Sameer Patel took me to task a bit earlier today for my prior post of the still-weak employment situation. @cselland stop being a party pooper already. This is twitter, the capsule where we confine our selves to a bubbly valley view. 🙂 — Sameer Patel (@SameerPatel) July 7, 2012   While […]

Posted in Business, Technology / Software | Tagged growth, innovation, unemployment, Washington | 1 Response

When 100% Growth Is Not Enough for Startups

When 100% Growth Is Not Enough for Startups

By Evangelos Simoudis on April 10, 2012

A couple of weeks ago I passed on the opportunity to invest in a SaaS application company that has been growing around 100% YoY for the past couple of years and can now be considered a solid expansion story. While the company’s overall story was good, it was not great.  As I have been talking […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged breakout growth, growth, SaaS, startups, Trident Capital, Venture Capital | 1 Response

Software Spending and the Economy

Software Spending and the Economy

By Michael Fauscette on October 30, 2011

We just completed another re-forecasting exercise at IDC, as uncertainty increases over the health of the global economy. This time in particular, I was pressured to lower the enterprise applications forecast for next year and adjust the 5 years forward…

Posted in Business | Tagged CRM, Customer Experience, digital commerce, growth, innovation, Productivity, SCRM, socbiz, technology, Technology / Software

Growth is the #NewTwitter

Growth is the #NewTwitter

By Ross Mayfield on September 14, 2010

For many the NewTwitter is about a new user experience. Or Twitter eating its client partners for lunch while adding content partners. But for me NewTwitter can be summed up in this slide: You’ve probably seen a lot of charts…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged growth, Hockey stick, NewTwitter, Social network, Twitter

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