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Last night, I was invited to to present my research findings to the VC community on Sand Hill road at National Venture Capital Association presented a forecast of where the Enterprise Social Business space was headed in 2011. Below, you’ll find a reduced version of my slides and most of the salient points. I’ve removed much of the spending data in 2010 and 2011 as I have a formal research report coming out in the near future which will publish on this blog.
The social business category is quite difficult to track, in part due to the constant investment injections this room as provided. I provided my view of the entire category and presented the 7 major categories and 18 specific classes within the space, here’s a former blog post where I was laying out the stack, although this presentation supersedes the post. Also, you’ll find a few snippets of enterprise buyer objectives for both internal and external, and I provided the attendees with recommendations on what I would do if I were in their shoes.
Above Framework: The Social Business Stack: 7 Categories, 18 Discrete Classes, for 2011
In closing, I told these top VCs that much later in my career, I plan to move closer to the investing space. But first I must get more experience under my belt, I recognize I still have a lot to learn as an entrepreneur just passing year one.
(Credits: Thanks to Altimeter’s Charlene Li and Christine Tran for ongoing collaboration)
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Excellent stuff – thanks!!!
Great presentation Jeremiah. What do you suggest smaller social media enterprise plugin/app developers should do to compete with agencies that are becoming full service stack providers? Try to stick it out nimbly as David versus Goliath?
I am surprised that IGLOO Software is not mentioned in your stack as a community platform… can you tell me why? We are listed on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for both internal and external social business social networking – not too mention also by Forrester, IDC and a host of other leading analyst firms. Just curious.
BTW, I really like your stack – one thing we are seeing is point solutions like Yammer being built into the suites. IT is looking to minimize their support on single point solutions.
Dan