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Kashflow, Xero, Zappos, Zoho : nuances and ethics

June 8, 2010 Tax and Ethics

Earlier today I read an extract from Tony Hsieh, co-founder Zappos upcoming book on why they built something before taking venture funding, what happened when they did take money and what forced them into the arms of Amazon. It’s instructive for the different perspectives you see on why entrepreneurs do what they do and what [...]

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Justifying the cloud

October 23, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Paul Miller has an intriguing post citing a study (PDF) into cloud computing adoption: Also interesting was the relatively small impact of the economic situation upon Cloud adoption, with only 13% suggesting it had ‘helped’ adoption plans and 58% reporting ‘no effect.’ In my conversations with Nick Carr and others, there’s been an underlying presumption [...]

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