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50 Something – Make the Middle Age Relevant Again

This article originally appeared on Linkedin Noted that Nick Jaspan recently ran a Roundtable on 50 something, but from a consumer angle (sorry Nick only read the headline). I’ve been toying with a hypothesis lately and think it’s time I share it. I’m 51. Some of my batch mates (Royal College, Colombo 87 Group) are already thinking of retirement and some may have already retired. I am planning to work until my death (hopefully hit 100 like my grand father), and of course, I hope to spend fewer hours on work than now when I am older. Unlike me (and the likes),…

Nightmare of segmenting Techcelerate, CapsuleCRM and Mailchimp Databases whilst keeping them cleaned and in sync

How do you segment multiple databases, keep them clean and in sync? If you know an easy way, please do let me know. Techcelerate maintains 3 vital databases among many for operational management. These being: 1. Techelerate.org (Drupal 5) with 1893 community profiles used predominantly for event registration 2. Mailchimp for weekly newsletter with 1844 profiles. 49 profiles seems to be missing. 3. Capsule for sales conversion and membership renewal management. Unfortunately, Capsule does not easily display total number of profiles held. Mailchimp automatically updates when a new profile is created on Techcelerate website, which makes life lot easier. Unfortunately,…

What are the four essential ingredients for a tech company?

Just came back from a 30 minutes jog and got my head cleared. I was thinking about what the four essential ingredients for a tech company is to succeed? In my view: 1. Viable idea 2. Talented team 3. Access to capital 4. Accessible market If so, how does Techcelerate help to achieve each of above? 1. Viable idea – Most entrepreneurs or wanna be entrepreneurs have ideas. Whilst we actively do not get involved at this stage, some of these ideas have been refined as part of engagement with the Techcelerate community. Of course, our events and workshops provide…

Mini Social Media Strategy for edocr.com

Mini Social Media Strategy to stimulate your documents on edocr.com: + Find five colleagues savvy with social networks, and get them to bookmark your document to Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, Del.icio.us, Digg and StumbleUpon + Let us know and we could also bookmark, provided its relevant not a low quality document

What are the 10 most used enterprise web applications?

What are the 10 most used enterprise web applications by you and what are the primary reasons for their usage?? In my case, in order of frequency, i.e. first being the most used and 10th being the least used out of the 10: 1. http://mail.google.com – emails 2. http://edocr.com – lead generation 3. http://docs.google.com – spreadsheets 4. http://xero.com – accounts 5. http://capsulecrm.com – opportunities (techcelerate.org) 6. http://salesforce.com – opportunities (edocr.com) 7. http://mailchimp.com – email marketing (techcelerate.org) 8. http://zendesk.com – customer support (edocr.com) 9. http://assembla.com – product management (edocr.com) 10. http://madmimi.com – email marketing (edocr.com) Do share your list! Many thanks

SAP Business ByDesign – Extract from ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett

Since attending the Softworld, I have been wanting to know more about SAP Business ByDesign. There is an excellent post by Dennis Howlett at ZDnet you ought to read. The following is an extract from this post. “SAP’s critics ridicule its late entry into the cloud arena. If what I am seeing represents the company’s response then its critics need to re-assess their thinking. The Business ByDesign group is now starting to build momentum. SAP shared some of its marketing strategy with me and while I have reservations, it is at last moving in the right direction. Critically, BYD marketing…

North West – Top Region for IPOs?

North West is host to 105 public listed companies with total revenues exceeding £52 billion, of which, £35 billion is generated by regions biggest company Unilever. 3 more companies generate over £1 billion from the rest of the 104 companies, these being Amec, United Utilities and now Lookers. 4 companies feature between £500 m and £1bn, these being PZ Cussons, JD Sports Fashion, N Brown Group and Findel. 13 companies feature in the £100m to £500m revenues range, which includes two tech companies, at No. 27 Moneysupermarket.com and at No. 28 Daisy Group Plc Other tech companies in the order…

TekCoffee hosted by Techcelerate is a fr…

TekCoffee hosted by Techcelerate is a free drop in event for all those who love technology from tech entrepreneurs to social media junkies, and those who falls between. We expect a small group of people attending these events References: 1. Event registration page on Plancast 2. Idea behind TekCoffee