This is the second part of a four
part series from the
SpendMatters blog
on the rise of
Iasta as a global leader in
eSourcing markets. The article is by Jason Busch, a Founder
and Managing Director of Azul Partners, a boutique advisory firm.
He is also Editor of the highly trafficked sourcing, trade and
supply chain blog
www.spendmatters.com.
Jason is regarded as one of the leading technology pundits and
thought leaders in the trade, procurement and operations
worlds.
I recently just completed...
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There is a great four part series on
the
SpendMatters blog which walks
through one industry expert's story of the rise of
Iasta as a global leader in eSourcing
markets. This was fun for me to read. I am going on my
ninth year of representing Iasta as it's Business law / SaaS law
counsel and have loved seeing them grow from a modest Midwest
auction software provider to a global SaaS eScouring leader.
It is definitely worth a re-post on The Business & Culture
Blog.
The article is by Jason Busch,...
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I read an interesting post
yesterday on
Small Business Trends by Professor Scott Shane,
Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve
University. It is a good read for current entrepreneurs and
those daring to dream of starting their own company.
Here is the post:
Most entrepreneurs believe a bunch of myths about financing new
companies that hinder their efforts to raise money. Here are a
few:
Myth 1: It takes a lot of money to finance a new
business. Not true. The typical...
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I recently discovered
OnStartups.com, a blog
and resource website for business start ups. The author,
Dharmesh Shah, is a software developer and entrepreneur and writes
about his experiences in living through the startup phases of a
SaaS company.
In a post this past week he writes about five simple insights he
has learned through the process of starting his own SaaS
company. Here is an excerpt:
Insights On SaaS
Startups
1. You are financing your customers.
Most SaaS businesses are...
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I read an
interesting
blog
post by Thomas Klein of
Sand Hill Group this week on
the evolution and future of enterprise software.
Klein states that a new wave of enterprise software has emerged and
is “pulsating through the economy” and venture capital will soon
take notice. The new platform is marked principally by SaaS
and cloud computing. The industry visionaries are referring
to this new era of enterprise software as Enterprise 3.0.
I found Klein's summary of the history of enterprise...
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One aspect of any litigation, be it internet litigation, software
litigation, any any other type, is the production of documents in
discovery. Accompanying this necessary procedure is the fear
and stomach-wrenching possiblity of the inadvertent production of
privileged materials. Nothing will make an attorney or a
client go pale faster than realzing that they've produced to
opposinig counsel a correspondence between client and
attorney. The proliferation of electronically stored
information...
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Section 230 of the Communications
Decency Act (
47
USC 230), entitled “Protection for private blocking and
screening of offensive material”, is an important federal statute
for any interactive computer service provider. As a
technology lawyer, my law practice largely focuses on SaaS law,
software licensing law and Internet based businesses, this statute
impacts several of my clients.
The statute essentially provides protection for providers of
interactive computer services against information...
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Much of my SaaS law
(Software as a Service) practice consists of negotiating SaaS
agreements. Whether you count SaaS as a license, service or a
hybrid of both, expect one thing in your negotiations, corporate
counsel usually just don't get it.
Most in-house counsel for large corporations spend their time on
securities, employment or common vendor or customer issues.
SaaS licensing is still a relatively new area of technology /
information technology law and most in-house counsel want to...
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There was a
great post this last
week in the Indianapolis Business Journal's blog on Indianapolis
being a leading Internet marketing software city. Chris
Baggott of Compendium Blogware was interviewed on his thoughts
regarding the market.
Here is an excerpt:
Chris Baggott, who runs one of the
companies developing the software, Compendium Blogware, says
Indianapolis actually has emerged as a center of the budding
industry.
Consider that the city also hosts ExactTarget and Aprimo, both of
which...
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