by Robert Solomon | Apr 29, 2014 | B2B Software, Consolidating Competition, E-invoicing, Electronic Payments, Oil and Gas, Vertical Cloud
The billing and payments associated with upstream oil and gas field services have been an area I dabbled in during my Ariba days and have kept an eye on since. It’s a gigantic area with many attractive aspects: huge dollars are at stake complex services...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 22, 2014 | B2B Software, CPG/Retail, E-invoicing, Supply Chain Finance |
If you regularly read my blog (and these days who doesn’t?), you have noted a distinct bias towards discussion of American-headquartered software companies. In fact, “bias” may be too weak a word. I’ve only written a handful of posts (out of...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 18, 2014 | B2B Software, Pricing
I was interested to read that famed “Shark Tank” investor and NBA Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, invested in a company called Procurify. The press release describes the company as follows: Procurify is a fully-featured, cloud-based procurement software...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 10, 2014 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Electronic Payments, Supply Chain Finance
When I saw the announcement today that there is a new player in B2B supply chain finance –that is linking specific invoices to cash advances– I thought “Wow, how many companies can go after the same market!” After all, invoice networks and...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 8, 2014 | Automobile, B2B Software, Property Management |
As a very small business owner and consultant to start-ups, I am constantly reminded that for certain small, simple, businesses it is becoming possible to have just three or four cloud IT vendors help you run an entire business in a pretty sophisticated way. You can...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 3, 2014 | B2B Software, Pricing
I haven’t read Flash Boys by Michael Lewis yet, but I will. After all, any guy who wrote Liar’s Poker, MoneyBall, The Blind Side, and The New New Thing deserves another $15.00 from me. Lewis consistently delivers insight and amusement. (For me, Malcolm...
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