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Re: Spigit looks for $4M more for co. social networks

bhc3 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:11:27 -0000

Hey Mark -

Thanks for taking an interest in our business. We will have to add you to our quarterly financial meetings!

As the article notes, Spigit is running in the black, thanks to closing a number of deals with Fortune 2000 enterprises. Spigit's SaaS innovation management platform integrates emergent social collaboration with traditional workflow and analytics in innovation communities. It's that combination of Enterprise 2.0 with traditional aspects of enterprise software and internal processes that's resonating with leading companies.

Thanks,

Hutch Carpenter
Director of Marketing
Spigit

Re: Teen Girl Falls into Sewer while Texting

bhc3 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:54:15 -0000

"Her mother plans on suing the city" - Oh c'mon! Walking around with your nose buried in your cell phone doesn't mean everyone else assumes liability.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

webomatica — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:56:15 -0000

Thanks. Definitely following on Twitter.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

bhc3 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:03:37 -0000

Bummer Jason - I've liked our interactions on FriendFeed. Is your account now completely pulled? Well, I'll catch you on Twitter (* goes to see if we're following each other *) and your blog.

Re: WTF Friendfeed – you may have just crossed the line

bhc3 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:08:48 -0000

Clicked it from FriendFeed, and read it Steven!

Re: That's not what I ordered...

twitter-10221 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:05:44 -0000

Im not sure if licking cancer is a good idea Hutch.

<3 thanks for the support!

Re: That's not what I ordered...

bhc3 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:00:43 -0000

Drew - amazing post, and your philosophy is admirable. I'm rooting for you. You're gonna lick this.

Re: Three reasons you need to stay far away from FriendFeed - a contrarian view

empoprises — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:05:05 -0000

Louis' reach includes everything. :)

Re: Three reasons you need to stay far away from FriendFeed - a contrarian view

bhc3 — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:22:10 -0000

Well, at least you are a FriendFeed fanboy! Good to consider the good with the bad. Fortunately, none of my 3 reasons relate to your reasons above.

And glad to see Louis's reach includes Facebook.

Re: Talking HEADs

bhc3 — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:29:50 -0000

Hi Bit.ly guys -

I'm seeing really odd traffic stats for some bit.ly URLs. The click counts are way too high. Are there other things that would cause that beyond the HEAD requests? This issue is happening this week, well after the removal of HEAD requests.

There's a discussion about this on FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/bhc3/619f00e6/something-i...

Re: Twitter Link Page

Xavier — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:58:25 -0000

Thanks to Nigel and Hutch for mentioning MicroPlaza!

If anyone is interested in receiving an invite code, just follow @Microplaza on Twitter!

Re: Twitter Link Page

bhc3 — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:09:48 -0000

I'll second Microplaza. It may be exactly what you're looking for Fred. It only lists links from people you follow, but for those links, you see the total number of times they were tweeted. You can create sub-groups from your Twitter list as well ("tribes"). That way you peruse tweeted links that are likely more targeted around specific subjects.

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/05/good-people-bad-companies-intersection.html

bhc3 — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:01:38 -0000

Spot-on Louis. We in Silicon Valley underplay the luck aspect of what we do. It's easy to get dazzled by a company name on a resume. But there really is a confluence of timing and serendipity that drives the success of many workers. Were you at Jaiku or Twitter? Were you at Commerce One in 1999 or 2001? Not to say there isn't skill and great thinking in the success of these companies. But the pendulum swings too far toward crediting anyone ever associated with these companies with glory.

Re: Tweeting behind the firewall (Scripting News)

bhc3 — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:43:24 -0000

Yup Dave - it is all coming around again - nice to see. Narrating your work.

Re: On Walking out of the Classroom

bhc3 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:26:28 -0000

Congratulations Andrew - sounds like a great fit. Looking forward to your insights from MIT via the blog and Twitter.

Re: A review of idea and innovation software

jedc_mercury — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:22:27 -0000

Thanks, Hutch. I appreciate the additional info.

Re: A review of idea and innovation software

bhc3 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:52:11 -0000

Hi Jed -

Thanks for including Spigit in your write-up. You're right - we are seeing great uptake by enterprise customers. Managing the multiple sources of ideas, and filtering for those that are most useful, is an *idea* that is taking root in the corporate world.

You raise some good questions about us, and I'll answer them here. First, in terms of complexity vs simplicity. The platform is actually quite easy for employees, customers and partners to use. It leverages some of the best practices one finds for social software: votes, tags, discussion forums, clickable reviews, wikis, blogs. We also provide a market for users to buy and sell ideas. Any or all of these are available for use when deployed, internally or externally.

We put a premium on a superior user experience.

The analytics engine and enterprise workflow of the platform is why companies are signing up for Spigit. Simple popularity contests for ideas do give a single metric - number of votes. Certainly that is a form of simplicity. But it's doesn't come close to mapping to the way innovation really works inside corporations. Spigit has designed-in functionality that reflects the different influence users have in advancing an idea forward.

Spigit's platform has enterprise workflow built-in. Role-based reviews and approvals, quantifiable criteria to advance through stages, and high configurability to adapt to each company's specific processes.

Happy to tell you more about what Spigit is up to. Please drop us a note at info@spigit.com.

Hutch Carpenter
Director of Marketing
Spigit, Inc.
http://spigit.com

Re: On (to) TechCrunch

parislemon — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:19:05 -0000

Thanks a lot Hutch, glad you'll be reading.

Re: On (to) TechCrunch

bhc3 — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:20:51 -0000

You go MG! Looking forward to reading your news, analysis and wit over at TechCrunch.

Re: Doing what social media gurus would say you’re crazy to do

bhc3 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:34:46 -0000

Cool - looking forward to seeing what's cooking Steven. Hope you'll save a little crank for what's next.

Re: Facebook wants you to give credit where credit is due

bhc3 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:11:52 -0000

+1 bdude

Re: Is Twitter a news system? (Scripting News)

bhc3 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:52:02 -0000

When the US Air plane came down in the Hudson, the New York Times heard about it from two separate places: (1) the regular beat reporter for the police HQ; (2) Twitter. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/opinion/15pub...

Re: 10 million page views

bhc3 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:13:37 -0000

Congrats Duncan. I've been enjoying you, Steven and the gang on The Inquisitr. I'm always digging your tech, and find myself sneaking peeks at your celeb news too.

Re: Having a problem with all this Social Media crap

StevenHodson — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:24:23 -0000

But hutch look for a minute at who is promoting things like retweeting like it's the next page rank for social media. The majority aren't the one's who earn an income from advertising but rather from those who already have the name power and their faithful minions. The chances of either you or I having the depth of reach of the retweeting pump and dump is next to nil compared to an O'Reilly, Scoble, or Arrington/Techcrunch retweeting run.

Our interactions with readers on the other hand is something we build up over time and as the conversation becomes more and more splintered it becomes harder for us to ride any momentum forward.

Your second part though shows what I have been trying to say about our own niche communities being held together by Social Media glue or communication pathways. Regardless of what the tools are or what the marketers are pushing your community of e2.0 would survive quite nicely without the social media hype and retweeting silliness. It would survive because you have the larger Social Media ethos that fluidly binds you together for as long as you need it to. Your Social Media involvement through your e2.0 niche doesn't have to deal with the irritations of the social media white noise and therefor is far more beneficial to those in those niche communities.

Re: Having a problem with all this Social Media crap

bhc3 — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:27:59 -0000

I know where you're coming from on this Steven. I get the "to what end" aspect of social media. I'm of the belief that each of us makes it useful in our own ways. Would I love to have 50 Likes and comments for everything I post on FriendFeed? A bazillion retweets on Twitter? Sure! Why not? But what I've seen is that maintaining a high level of interaction is required for that, or having existing renown outside of the services. For most of us, that's just not happening. But then you have to ask yourself...how important is that, really? At least for white-collar professionals who aren't gunning for advertising revenue on their sites, these popularity metrics aren't so critical.

What *has* worked for me is leveraging social media to improve my knowledge and connections for a specific field. Professionally, I'm part of the enterprise 2.0 sector. I'm making a lot of connections there, and I've been pleasantly surprised how well tracking social media for e2.0 has helped me. The opinions, information and connections among different people have made me a lot smarter for my job. I've met some great people online in this way.

To paraphrase the Stones, you can't always get what you want, but sometimes you get what you need.