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Progressive Practices: Mazuma puts the fun into accounting

August 18, 2010 Progressive practices
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Formed in 2005 by a couple of childhood friends who trained in accounting, Mazuma (a Yiddish word for ‘money’) is one of a new breed of ‘accounting factories’ that is taking the commoditization of compliance services to an entirely new level. Earlier today I spoke with co-founder Lucy Cohen, the marketing brains behind Mazuma who [...]

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What can CPA2Biz teach us?

March 22, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Last week I had a fascinating conversation with Michael Cerami, VP partner alliances at CPA2Biz. It is the commercial arm of AICPA. There is no UK equivalent even though ICAEW has monetization efforts alongside its main membership. The backdrop to our conversation was an email where they said: “What’s unique about this is the fact that [...]

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Heard about WebExpenses?

June 24, 2009 Innovation

The other week while in Amsterdam, I met with Sanjay Parekh, CEO of WebExpenses. For those that don’t know, WebExpenses simplifies and automates expense processing including coverage for different tax rules. How cool is that? Check out his business model and also what he says about servicing those customers. It really gives you a glimpse [...]

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How lawyers are leading the way

May 29, 2009 Innovation

It’s hard to believe and sometimes I have to pinch myself but lawyers are leading the way in adopting new ways of reaching their market, making themselves more efficient and recreating their business models. Don’t believe me? Check out Get A Life (or rather the re-runs on Ustream.) I don’t know how many attendees there [...]

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Jeff Jarvis and Umair Haque: new business models

May 7, 2009 Innovation

In this 4 minute video, author Jeff Jarvis and economist Umair Haque discuss the style and shape of new business models emerging from the digital age. They contrast the command and control models of the industrial era with the notion of building communities out of which value emerges. Part of that process involves the notion [...]

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Bursting the Web 2.0 bubble

March 5, 2009 General

When John Stokdyk puts his cynic’s hats on he can truly tear his victim a new one with the very best of them. Today, in vintage Jeremy Clarkson fashion, John’s chosen target is all things Web 2.0. It starts: My exposure to Web 2.0 business thinking has expanded tenfold in the month or so that [...]

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