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...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 2, 2014 | B2B Software, Healthcare
It has been fun and educational to watch the strategic sourcing market evolve over the past almost 25 years. It followed a path from: ground-breaking consulting work by AT Kearney in the 1990s to “new wave” full service, tech-enabled reverse auctions by...
by Robert Solomon | Mar 27, 2014 | B2B Software |
There are a lot of eye-popping Enterprise software headlines this week: Box files to go public at a $ 2 billion valuation, based on its $124 million in revenue last year and $168 million in losses Coupa raises another $40 million Demandbase, a B2B marketing company,...
by Robert Solomon | Mar 26, 2014 | B2B Software |
The news today that SAP plans to buy Fieldglass is an easy one to interpret. 1. SAP needs cloud revenue. 2. SAP has strength in direct materials with their core ERP and SCM offerings and gained strength in indirect catalog/MRO items with Ariba. The only gap...
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