Duane Jackson

Kashflow's brave post

April 19, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

I give Duane Jackson oodles of credit for his latest post: Reviewing from the wrong perspective. It’s a brave vendor that publishes negative stuff being said about its service: It was interesting to seen an old chestnut come up in the form of this email from an accountant. Not impressed at all! Having been in [...]

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Customers speak, vendors no longer control

March 19, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Customers speaking out represent the most powerful voices. When they complain, the world knows. When they heap praise, the world knows. It’s something over which no-one has control and especially not the vendors. Professionals should take notice because we are starting to see a regular stream of customers saying both good and not so good [...]

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What if your reseller went away?

February 4, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Reseller issues are an emerging topic for SaaS vendors. That means it should also be a topic for buyers. For years, buyers haven’t needed to give a second thought as to whether their software reseller will be around. Despite some consolidation, it has been a case of business as usual. SaaS disrupts that market in [...]

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They don't get it

August 16, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

I’ve fielded a number of calls from saas providers in recent times telling me they struggle to convince accountants about the saas value proposition. I’ve argued on AccountingWeb that: 1. The binary either/or discussion doesn’t tease out the different arguments and positions very clearly or in a manner where a decision taker can objectively assess [...]

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Naughty Duane

July 14, 2009 Humour

Now we all know that Duane Jackson, MD and resident comedian at Kashflow likes his little jokes but when I saw the image above, based on this Tweet message: check out the icon we’re using for VAT on the KashFlow settings page – http://bit.ly/rp2fK : ) I had to go: tsk tsk and shake my [...]

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Funeral pyre for on premise software

July 9, 2009 Marketing

5 minutes to install 1 week to implement 10 years to debug 6 minutes to destroy You’ve got to give Duane Jackson some kudos for his cheeky approach to marketing. Once you’ve seen the first 10 seconds you know where it is going and I kind of wished the fire brigade would turn up and [...]

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Kashflow 'worth £10 million' raises interesting questions

April 16, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

A reader brought this Daily Mail excerpt to my attention about Kashflow: For shortly after his [Duane Jackson,MD] release from prison  -  he received two-and-a-half years for possession of 6,500 ecstasy tablets  -  Jackson, 30, started Kashflow, a business supported by The Prince’s Trust. Six years on, the company, which makes accounting software and boasts [...]

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KashFlow goes free, becomes a PaaS player

March 5, 2009 Featured

It’s going to be a KashFlow day here so bear with me. Duane Jackson just announced (via Twitter) that KashFlow is free for the firast year to existing MYOB, Quickbooks, or Sage users. The offer runs through to 30th April. According to the Kashflow site: Register for a 60 day free trial of KashFlow here [...]

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Saas marketing wars

March 3, 2009 General

Earlier today I saw a post on Cloud Ave where Ben Kepes had ran with some clear baiting material. The old shoot first, ask questions later method of reporting. Ben had used the material he had as an intro to a sort of review about Ubikwiti. It wasn’t really a review but a litany of [...]

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Stimulus = porn

February 24, 2009 Featured

There is so much euphemistic, politically correct language floating around these days that sometimes it’s hard to know what people really mean. On Twitter I posed the question: “Am I the only one who, when they hear ‘Stimulus…’ cringe and think of porn? It’s a serious question what with Congress lambasting President Obama’s handling of [...]

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