Monthly Archives: October 2010

There is no cure for stupidity

Shockey Monkey
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I’ve been having an argument with my sales monkey over trying to make Shockey Monkey simpler, particularly the accounting side of things. I’ve pretty much sunk all of his attempts to try to further dumb things down because of one … Continue reading

Councils, Announcements, Meetings

OwnWebNow, Shockey Monkey
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It’s going to be a busy quarter for us so I wanted to make some of these announcements personally and provide some background on them all. ConnectWise / HTG / CharTec Conference Next week we are sponsoring the cluster of … Continue reading

The Big Account

IT Business
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This is the third in the series of dumb things I see small businesses say or do. First one was about being proud of ignoring business opportunities: We don’t do that.. Or do we? Then I talked about the poor … Continue reading

Internal Beatdowns–Who takes the fall?

IT Business
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This is the second of three in the series of dumb things I see small businesses say or do. Take a look at We don’t do that.. Or do we? for an overview of easy opportunities small businesses squander through … Continue reading

We don’t do that… or do we?

IT Business
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This is the first of three stupid small business decisions I have made or seen others make. Hope you enjoy them. Limitations. We’ve all got them. Unfortunately, some of us rely on those limitations for making excuses about why we … Continue reading

Greetings from London

Events, Friends
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It’s been nearly a week since the last post and I wanted to just give everyone an update as I’ve been getting a lot of email and the usual questions about what’s going on. ”When Vlad goes silent, there is … Continue reading

EuroTrip 2010

Friends, IT Culture
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I’m on my way to Europe. I have a few business appointments to take care of while out there and would love to meet some of our partners and for the lack of a better word, buy some beer. Here … Continue reading

Windows Phone 7– Only thing that matters

Gadgets, IT Culture
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Microsoft is set to launch Windows Phone 7 today. And by launch, I mean start talking about it openly – you’re not getting a Windows phone today. Features and how it compares to Android and iPhone for the most part … Continue reading

Competing on Price

Exchange, IT Business, Microsoft
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In the recent months I have been talking to several of our close partners about the competition, specifically with regard to Microsoft’s BPOS product. Currently, Microsoft has the single biggest advantage in the marketplace for Hosted Exchange and that advantage … Continue reading

If you could have a do-over..

IT Business
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How much do you think it would cost to build an exact replica of your business? Put it on the paper. Start with the simple stuff like incorporation, legal fees, accounting fees, software and hardware leases (let’s assume that the … Continue reading