Archive | December, 2011
Hey, I’ll Take It (a victory for on premises)
In July, I wrote a post for this blog decrying the use of the phrase “on premise” to describe traditional software that is deployed at the customer’s location. I posited that this should rightly be referred to as “on premises” with the final s in tact. Late yesterday, there is news of a victory of [...]
My Interview of Peter Wolf of Azamba
I am pleased to present the second (of what I hope will be many) interviews with professionals who are on Ed’s List. Once again, these are firms that offer only fixed price agreements, have eliminated timesheets for all professionals, and offer a service guarantee. This interview is with Peter Wolf of Azamba Consulting whose purpose [...]
On the Dang ThriveCAST
Last month, Ron Baker and I delivered a Firm of the Future Symposium to 40 members of the THRIVEal+CPA Network. On the evening of Day One, Ron and I were honored to be guests on the first-ever live THRIVEcast. Enjoy! ET HORA LIBELLUM DELENDA EST!
Introducing Ed’s List
I have been wanting to do this for quite sometime, but I finally have put together what I call Ed’s List. Simply put, it is a list of the IT (information technology) professional knowledge firms of which I am aware who: Offer only fixed price agreements and do not bill by the time unit Have [...]
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Ed Kless
Corporate Iconoclast
Ed Kless is the senior director of partner development and strategy for Sage Business Solutions. He is a frequent contributor to industry publications, including the Journal of Accountancy and Harvard Business Review, and has spoken at many conferences worldwide on project management, pricing, and knowledge workers. A senior fellow at the VeraSage Institute, he lives north of Dallas with his wife and two children and ran for Texas State Senate in 2010 and 2012.
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