Recent interest in Claromentis

I posted a short blog with a very useful intranet design recently - in fact just a couple of days ago.

It was frankly amazing how much reaction that one post had - far more so than many other posts that also  - according to me - had some though provoking content.

What was also amazing to me was the level of immediacy - within just a few minutes of a late night post it had been re-tweeted to an astonishing number of followers.

In general we have been geting the most amazing level of interest recently - from companies looking to understand what we offer - how combining intranet software, business processes and custom applications into a web platform can really make a difference - but also a huge volume of simple contacts with interested parties.

In just a few hours this afternoon we were contacted by Credit Suisse, Accenture and Oxford University. To me that is just unreal - it's exciting - and I think it mostly reflects the execution on our brand that the team has put in place in the last few months.

For these kind of companies I believe they can now visit our site and rapidly understand what we do.  Sometimes clearly explaining a complex solution is just so hard!

This might sound obvious - in fact I am sure it is extremely simple - but it has taken us a decade to clarify exactly what we do in such a concise way!

They can then engage with us to request financials, a private your or anything else they need.

Exciting times!

Politicians running a business

Personally I have really enjoyed the challenge of running and growing a business for the last 10 years.

There are numerous challenges, and anyone who survives it all and prospers needs personal skill, a great team and a fair amount of luck. To succeed in growing a company from nothing is indeed tough.

With this in mind I have been thinking of the business model that the politicians have who are notionally in charge of this country. Here is their complex model as I see it :

Revenue side

Everyone must buy my stuff
I can charge whatever I like
No-one can buy any competitor's stuff

Product

I can provide whatever level of service I want to

Indeed this must be a challenge. Its not surprising that you have to behave like spoiled children all the time in order to let off the pressure.

It would take a great level of incompetence to so mess this up that we are paying £3.5 billion a month in debt interest alone. And to deliver such poor long term standards of living that we have an underclass that will threaten our stability. But that is exactly what you have managed to do.

Congratulations to the public sector in general and to the political system in particular. You have managed to completely fail in delivering the most simple business model the world has ever devised. I cannot begin to describe the difference to our society if we could get rid of all politicians, and spend £3.5 billion a month directly on the well being of our citizens.

Not just failed, but so spectacularly failed in your duty that you are in danger of permanently destroying something that has taken centuries to build - a civilized culture.

If you had any decency you would fall on your swords.

You would inevitably miss.

Back from a trip to the Quantock Hills

Have to say I am impressed with the Quantocks, they don't seem as totally touristy as say Devon - seriously nice countryside and villages.

Its a small area - but ideal for a few days break. The drive was easy, the Dogs loved it - and so did our friends.

This was my first visit but I am sure it wont be the last!