Business Two Zero

 
A while ago, when my own PC disk starting making weird noises I asked “is it safe?“  I just saw a BT and IoD report published earlier this month that suggests:

“Less than 20 per cent of UK small businesses backup their data remotely, even though 82 per cent admit they could not function without it”
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For most people in business the toughest part of finding new business is cold calling, and that includes seasoned (don’t I mean old?) sales professionals.  I screwed up on one yesterday where I temporarily forgot the cardinal rule, which is to always put yourself in the other guys/gals shoes.  It always helps to prepare and […]

 
One of the key themes of this website is the impact of Web 2.0 on business.  The term is useful shorthand, applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of static websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users.  However, I’ve noticed a worrying trend […]

 
I saw this excellent article on Business Week online (registration site, but free).  It describes how Darren Lennard, the managing director in the London offices of investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, after a long and onerous day at the office:

“plucked his hyperactive BlackBerry from his silk-lined pocket and proceeded to smash it on the gleaming […]

 
Regular readers will know that the shift from the traditional licenced software business model to Software as a Service is a common topic with me.  Dennis Howlett pointed me at this ZDNet article, which speaks for itself.
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I’ve just discovered Irving Wladasky-Berger’s blog.  He’s the VP of technical Strategy and Innovation at IBM.  He’s written an interesting piece about a breakfast roundtable he attended in Palo Alto on Social Media and Web 2.0 hosted by Tony Perkins, founder and former editor-in-chief of Red Herring.  It also relates to the debate about business […]

 
I’ve only just discovered Real Business magazine.  Here’s some great advice on Networking.
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An “Elevator Pitch” is a concise, carefully planned, and well-practiced description about your company that your mother should be able to understand in the time it would take to ride up an elevator.  While I was thinking about improving mine, I found this resource on perfecting your pitch by Bill Joos.  He preaches the art […]

 
Vinnie Mirchandani has written an interesting piece called Business Process “Angioplasty”, that has been commented on by Dennis Howlett, and within a few hours  I read about Sainsbury’s giving up on Accenture and insourcing their IT back home.  Vinnie’s argument is that the move to major brand ERP solutions in the 90s, supported or recommended […]

 
Dennis Howlett tipped me off to an excellent piece of research carried out by YouGov and Launchpad Research for Sage, which analyses the responses from 486 accountants and 2301 businesses about the relationship between businesses and their accountant.  You must go and download/read the full report, but some key sentences which jump out:

55 per cent […]