Innovation

The Road Show Not Taken

Cameras lined the steps to the Sheraton in midtown Manhattan, eager to get a glimpse of the headliner at a packed house for the show about to unfold. A new Broadway star? A young lion of Hollywood? Nope. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook arriving to take part in the... Read More »

The Tweet Heard ‘Round Silicon Valley

Twitter’s buzzworthy announcement of its “Innovator’s Patent Agreement” could rewrite the tangled web of patent litigation in the technology world. Just to refresh you, he’s what that web looks like for mobile patents alone (source: Reuters): Twitter is proposing that its IPA can help prevent patents from being used to... Read More »

Tipping Point

It looks like we are near a tipping point for the social enterprise. According to a survey of more than 1300 executives and IT decision-makers, a full 49% have invested in social networking solutions in 2012. But for most of these forward-thinking companies, the journey is just beginning: just 19%... Read More »

Musing about Communities and Pricing

Soon everyone on earth will be connected. It’s over. People are getting connected. Things are getting connected. Whole communities are getting connected. And when communities get connected, other things begin to happen. They become markets. Entire markets in themselves. And at the same time participants in larger markets. It’s fractal,... Read More »

Speed and Fidelity

I thought I knew how the new iPad would be treated in the marketplace, but as usual I underestimated its impact. The numbers are impressive, but even more telling is the response from Microsoft. Here's a company that knows how to sit on a lead, so they know just how... Read More »

iPad 3: The MacEnterprise Cometh

Apple’s barnburner sales of the new iPad (three million in the first three days of sales) are a clear indication that the latest iteration of the breakthrough device is connecting with more than just fanboys. And while I am sure that the vast majority of them are being picked up... Read More »

The Third Coming

Silicon Valley whipped itself into a nerd frenzy this week to a degree not seen since, um Sunday, when The Simpsons restyled their opening into a Game of Thrones spoof. The reason, the opening of the latest installment of our favorites series, iPad: The Third Coming. Jobs designed great products,... Read More »

Bored of Directors

What new shiny object do we not care about today? And what do crown jewels mean anyway? Thus was the start of a conversation with the New Zealand provocateur – in human form, which was a follow up to a Gillmor Gang Enterprise show recorded live in real-time. Behind the... Read More »

Neil Young, David Agus and the Social Enterprise

Admit it. I had you with that headline. Have I finally flipped? What could possibly connect Neil Young and David Agus to the Social Enterprise, and related topics? I could just say “Marc Benioff”, since he personally introduced me to all three. Soon after joining Salesforce.com, I heard Marc speak... Read More »

Sometimes, Piracy Rocks

Online piracy has been a big issue over the past few months, mostly owing to the Stop Online Piracy Act, the web protest by Wikipedia, Google and others, and the subsequent withdrawal of the bill. The opposition to SOPA called the one-day rebellion the largest online protest in history with... Read More »