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Why customer-obsessed Amazon is our most important business force

Why customer-obsessed Amazon is our most important business force

By Paul Greenberg on January 22, 2014

“As long as they keep making it easier and faster to get my stuff, that’s all the customer service I need.” Paul Greenberg and Brent Leary explain why Amazon.com wins CRM Watchlist’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Brent Leary, Consumerization, CRM Watchlist, CRM Watchlist 2014, customer service, E-Commerce, Jeff Bezos, Mayday, Social Enterprise | 3 Responses

Quips: Why Jeff Bezos Really Bought WaPo…Digital – Analog Convergence In Media, Advertising, and Commerce

Quips: Why Jeff Bezos Really Bought WaPo…Digital – Analog Convergence In Media, Advertising, and Commerce

By R "Ray" Wang on August 14, 2013

There’s Always More To The Obvious Source: Bloomberg/Getty Images Over the past few weeks many have discussed the state of old media.  Since Jeff Bezos announcement to buy the Washington Post, the theories have run wild.  I thought I’d add to the analysis with a different point of view.  A few facts: The Washington Post […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Amazon, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, Matrix Commerce, Quips, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Washington Post

The end of vaporware

The end of vaporware

By Vinnie Mirchandani on November 12, 2012

It was a striking sight. It was end of day in last week’s Technology Summit after Workday had showed us countless demos of new functionality, when under non-disclosure they announced plans to develop a Recruiting module. It would be next-gen, not just applicant tracking, but would allow for candidate identification through  traditional and social channels, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #wday, Aneel Bhusri, apple, Hasso Plattner, iPhone, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, SaaS, Tim Cook, waporware, workday, Workday Rising

Amazon Supply Launches -- New Competition for Industrial Distributors, Ariba, SciQuest and Others

Amazon Supply Launches — New Competition for Industrial Distributors, Ariba, SciQuest and Others

By Jason Busch on April 25, 2012

Yesterday, Amazon announced it launched Amazon Supply (or AmazonSupply, depending on which branding is used), a new B2B marketplace clearinghouse for industrial and MRO parts and related SKUs. The announcement describes Amazon Supply a…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Amazon, AmazonSupply, Ariba, Business-to-Business, Grainger, Jeff Bezos | 1 Response

To the winners go the spoils

To the winners go the spoils

By Chris Selland on November 19, 2010

I have seen at least a dozen of my smartest friends refer to Bill Gurley’s terrific post this week before I actually got around to reading it – which I finally did. My first thought upon reading it was of some recent discussions on StockTwits as well as among my Enterprise Irregulars colleagues, particularly in […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged anxiety, apple, Company, Enterprise Irregulars, Facebook, google, IPO, Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff, microsoft, Netflix, salesforce.com, Silicon Valley, Software As A Service (SaaS), stocktwits, Wall Street

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