5 posts and columns on sales force

ClearSlide, Super Simple Sales Pitches in the Cloud, Lands $11 Million

in News on September 28, 2011 at 1:00 am PT

Nobody likes a sales pitch until they see one they like. ClearSlide, a cloud-based service, hopes to improve the odds of making a good first impression.
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With Goopon Stealing the Spotlight, Tippr Says Don't Forget About No. 3 (Or Its Patents)

in Commerce on December 2, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

Tippr CEO Martin Tobias hopes that between Google’s potential big-ticket purchase of Groupon and Amazon’s rumored investment in LivingSocial, consolidation in the group-buying space will accelerate as others scramble for a partner.

Digg CEO Jay Adelson Steps Out

in Media on April 5, 2010 at 11:00 am PT

Digg CEO Jay Adelson has left the company he has run for the past five years, leaving founder Kevin Rose to run the social news site in the interim.

Cisco Ends Reseller Agreement with H-P

in News on February 19, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Cisco Systems on Thursday said it was dropping H-P from its reseller program, capping off a year in which the two tech giants have increasingly encroached on one another’s turf. The change, which will take effect April 30, means that H-P will no longer have access to information like Cisco’s product roadmaps, which help partners make long-term plans for how to position Cisco gear.

Google Makes AOL’s Turnaround Task Even Harder

in Media on November 13, 2009 at 6:43 am PT

Little by little, AOL is offering investors more and more details about what the company will look like after it spins off from Time Warner. But the more AOL discloses, the less attractive the company looks. The newest problem: AOL’s steady flow of Google money is going away.
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