When companies first launch, they’re often best at focusing in on their mission, on what they do best or – ideally – on the single biggest market problem they can address. Point is, they focus. And while this is often thanks to a strong leader, it just as often can be the sheer force of [...]
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Lessons in Phone History.
This morning an article published by the New York Times came across my wire, the contents of which I had to share. The Times has had a penchant of late for writing about all things phone and this one does not disappoint. Motivated perhaps by the recent milestone birthday of the modern day phone call, [...]
Telecom may be old; but no boring.
We all go through phases of a career where a little boredom or a sense of routine kicks in, especially those who stay in the same industry for decades at a time. So when I say that lately I was feeling a little of this myself, I do so with no shame. This year marks plural [...]
Will video go the way of voice mail?
Here at the Channel Partners Conference in Las Vegas, like at any good conference, the highest value comes from the multiple hallway conversations you have. And at the indescribely large Aria Hotel, the hallways are long and wide; so chit-chat is everywhere. This morning I bumped into Jeffrey Pearl, co-founder of IP5280, one of the more [...]
Communications Startups Continue to Spread Out.
This week, if the alleged ‘Storm of the Century’ allows, myself and many others will be traveling to Miami (where the weather is superb) for a week of networking, fun and a bunch of ‘other’ at the East installment of ITExpo. And for the third time in succession, my partner at Embrase, Phil Telio, and [...]
EmergComm Entrepreneurs fire up $45M+ in Q4.
Image by Kevin H. via Flickr What a difference a year can make. Scratch that…comparing 2009 to 2010 is b-o-r-i-n-g. But the closing quarter of 2010 was anything but boring for a growing crop of entrepreneurs in the emerging communications sector. In 2008 I wrote often about the surge of new blood entering the communications [...]
Google Entrepreneurs Descend on StartupCamp in Miami.
Image via CrunchBase The recipe for a successful StartupCamp Comms is fairly straightforward. Not always easy to pull off, but at least the formula is simple: 1. An engaging keynote speaker with tales to tell and from whom the audience can learn something. James Siminoff (’10 – Miami) and Jeff Bonforte (’10 – LA) more [...]
10 years later…This is not your Father’s Earthlink.
Remember when Earthlink was THE VoIP company. In 2001 when VoIP meant anything but reliable and mainstream, Earthlink poured themselves into what was a nascent market, betting on the come that packaging fast growing DSL with cheap voice would be a winner. While Earthlink contributed significantly to early adoption and education around VoIP (in their [...]
Naughty or Nice, J2Global might Come-a-Knocking.
It’s not every day that a Canadian company gets acquired for north of $200M, much less one in the telecom space. But it can happen, as evidenced by last week’s announced purchase of Ottawa-based ProtusIP by J2Global for a cool $213M. ProtusIP providers a variety of small business communications services, including fax, email marketing and [...]
RingRevenue Ring$ in the Holidays.
Image via CrunchBase Just in time for the holidays, RingRevenue has completed its next round of financing. A trailblazer in enabling advertisers to profitably integrate phone calls into their processes, today’s news suggests strongly the company has indeed proved out their model. This morning’s announcement reads: Marketing company RingRevenue has rased $4 million in venture capital financing, bringing [...]
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Skype: Lost focus or an exit-play after all?
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Mobile Video Calls Are Not A Real Need. Period.
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Google Targets Skype
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Will there be a Voice Conferencing 2.0?
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Microsoft Contacts Next of Kin
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Rich Calling For SMBs Now Possible
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Skype: Lost focus or an exit-play after all?
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Is the Cloud Safe?
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Lessons in Phone History.
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Telecom may be old; but no boring.
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Will video go the way of voice mail?
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Eugene Liu: Happy belated birthday, Larry!!! (Add "1 blog c...
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yossi.v: "Calls to Skype users are free, and to most other ...
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Mathieu: Google has Android and Voice come pre-install on 2...
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Danielle Morrill: Go Twilio developer community, go!...
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Chema: Yes, it is difficult for people to find value in p...
