by Robert Solomon | Dec 22, 2016 | B2B Software
What is the worst, least reliable, riskiest, supply chain you ran across in 2016? Let’s review the contenders, shall we? In no particular order: The Whipped Cream Supply Chain Aerosol-based whipped cream is in short supply this holiday season. The shortage...
by Robert Solomon | Nov 25, 2016 | B2B Software |
For the past year, I have not been able to figure out who Donald Trump reminded me of (besides a guy I once worked for). And then something my wife said about Trump being a “salesperson who will say whatever the audience he is in front of wants to hear”...
by Robert Solomon | Nov 22, 2016 | B2B Software, Payments, Vertical Cloud
Last week, Deloitte released its 2016 Technology Fast 500 Rankings. The list covers technology companies well beyond software, but 58% of the companies are software-related. Perusing the list gives you the sense of what software segments are hot from a revenue growth...
by Robert Solomon | Nov 2, 2016 | B2B Software, Consolidating Competition, Industry Concentration
I’m pretty sure you agree, there are too many SaaS: Mobile payment options (Samsung Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal are all on my phone) Online lenders (B2B or B2C) Home meal delivery services Services marketplaces Marketing and sales applications Procure to pay...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 18, 2016 | B2B Software
My most popular post ever was my ground-breaking work on airline boarding procedures: the indispensable Airline Boarding Equivalency Chart. (If the subject of business travel is ever examined by the Nobel Prize folks, this work may finally receive it’s just...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 7, 2016 | B2B Software, Consolidating Competition, Financial services, Indirect Spend, Industry Concentration
For those of you interested in software platforms, marketplaces, networks, ecosystems– whatever you want to call them–it was a big week for news of giant platforms doing battle in a variety of venues. Smart Home Platforms Photo courtesy of Cnet. Google...
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