Last week I took part in TelecomTV’s DSP Leaders World Forum in two ways: a panel and a talk, both available by registering here. I love the talk, so I’ve turned it into a podcast episode to share it with the world.
It starts with a killer David-and-Goliath business story: Siebel vs Salesforce. You may remember how Marc Benioff’s tiny, little challenger Saleforce toppled tech-giant Siebel with innovation and courage.
Marc’s big idea was that there should be a single CRM that customers would access through the internet – nothing would be installed on premise. When the industry started to become aware of Salesforce, the startup was called “an ant at the picnic.” It ran up against the same objections I hear from telco execs every day about why they can’t use the public cloud. Hit the play button to hear:
- The Siebel vs Salesforce story [2:20];
- The naysayers’ list of why Salesforce would never win [4:05];
- Why the naysayers were wrong [5:27];
- The truth about the customization trap [7:12]; and
- An introduction to webscale charging engine Totogi, and why it will change everything for Telco [10:00];
Intrigued? Curious? I hope so! Listen now.
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- You can find the transcript for this episode here.
Links and Resources
- Check out the Totogi website
- Watch the video version of my DSP Leaders World Forum talk
- Read Bloomberg’s February 2000 article calling Salesforce “an ant at the picnic”
- This is a super cool TelecomTV page of my panels, talks, interviews and resources
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- Learn more about safety plans for MWC21 in Barcelona
- Get the stats from The New York Times Global Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker
- Read more about the event on the MWC Barcelona website
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Podcast Credits
- Executive Producer and Host: Danielle Royston, TelcoDR
- Executive Producer: Kristin Donelson, OneLouder Marketing
- Senior Producer: Lindsay Grubb, TillCo Media
- Editor/Producer: Alisa Jenkins Wilson, Springboard Marketing
- Audio Editing: Andrew Condell
- Music: Dyami Wilson
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