Comments on: Garage-Sale http://6ampacific.com/2006/05/17/garage-sale/ Basab Pradhan's weblog about business and life in a 'flat world'. 6 AM Pacific is the best time for a global conference call. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:48:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Basab http://6ampacific.com/2006/05/17/garage-sale/#comment-357 Basab Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:44:22 +0000 http://sixampacific.com/?p=20#comment-357 Shankar, re SugarCRM - so far so good. We just upgraded to Sugar 4.5. But given our small sales operations at this time, I can't say that we have put it through its paces. Your comment about startups needing VC money is true in enterprise technology, but a consumer internet startup can go quite a distance just sipping capital. Shankar, re SugarCRM - so far so good. We just upgraded to Sugar 4.5. But given our small sales operations at this time, I can’t say that we have put it through its paces.

Your comment about startups needing VC money is true in enterprise technology, but a consumer internet startup can go quite a distance just sipping capital.

]]> By: Shankar http://6ampacific.com/2006/05/17/garage-sale/#comment-356 Shankar Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:15:56 +0000 http://sixampacific.com/?p=20#comment-356 It's always interesting to see people adapting...to see Fortune 1000-style IT expenditure getting substituted with Startup style low-cost open source for just about any office productivity software. It will be great if you can share any updates on your SugarCRM's performance in its first 2 quarters. Met the business case? Talking about VC funding, its still much needed even in TMT sector startups - the prime cost being human resources to scale up a working model. It’s always interesting to see people adapting…to see Fortune 1000-style IT expenditure getting substituted with Startup style low-cost open source for just about any office productivity software. It will be great if you can share any updates on your SugarCRM’s performance in its first 2 quarters. Met the business case?

Talking about VC funding, its still much needed even in TMT sector startups - the prime cost being human resources to scale up a working model.

]]> By: Chaitanya http://6ampacific.com/2006/05/17/garage-sale/#comment-83 Chaitanya Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:01:44 +0000 http://sixampacific.com/?p=20#comment-83 Insightful. Thanks. Insightful. Thanks.

]]> By: mahadev sanjay http://6ampacific.com/2006/05/17/garage-sale/#comment-82 mahadev sanjay Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:50:09 +0000 http://sixampacific.com/?p=20#comment-82 Would appreciate if you could post more on similar lines & challenges with startups. Would appreciate if you could post more on similar lines & challenges with startups.

]]> By: Startups.in http://6ampacific.com/2006/05/17/garage-sale/#comment-81 Startups.in Sat, 20 May 2006 20:13:18 +0000 http://sixampacific.com/?p=20#comment-81 Not only are there more opensource options these days but the "ease of usability" degree & cross platform support is nearing that of the closed source solutions. It is definitely a very good thing for new startups. Regards, NagB /at/ Startups.in Not only are there more opensource options these days but the “ease of usability” degree & cross platform support is nearing that of the closed source solutions. It is definitely a very good thing for new startups.

Regards,
NagB /at/
Startups.in

]]> By: Michael Krigsman http://6ampacific.com/2006/05/17/garage-sale/#comment-80 Michael Krigsman Thu, 18 May 2006 09:53:44 +0000 http://sixampacific.com/?p=20#comment-80 The implications for both startups and VCs are interesting. Do you think anything is lost by going with SugarCRM vs Salesforce.com? Everyone expects to get lower service/quality with a cheaper product. However, if that substantially cheaper product offers the same quality and performance as the expensive brand, then the situation becomes potentially disruptive to the market. Michael Krigsman <a href="http://projectfailures.com" rel="nofollow">http://projectfailures.com</a> The implications for both startups and VCs are interesting.

Do you think anything is lost by going with SugarCRM vs Salesforce.com?

Everyone expects to get lower service/quality with a cheaper product. However, if that substantially cheaper product offers the same quality and performance as the expensive brand, then the situation becomes potentially disruptive to the market.

Michael Krigsman
http://projectfailures.com

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