This was a big week for FirstRain. We released a major software release which the team has been working hard on both in the US and in our Gurgaon office for several months. I am truly delighted with the impact of their work – it’s transformative for our customers – and so I decided we [...]
The underlying way in which FirstRain adds such value to our customers is our unique ability to extract only high-quality Business Web content from the consumer internet, and then deliver it up to folks who need it to make decisions about their company, their industry, their products, their competitors, etc. But one thing we’ve focused [...]
FirstRain was an SLA newbie this year, attending the Special Libraries Association conference for the first time at this year’s annual gathering in Philadelphia, June 12-14. And although it was our first time, SLA’s attendees were gentle with us …
One challenge of being an information solution that’s been designed from the ground-up to be easily used by business professionals who are not professional researchers, is the mistaken assumption that corporate libraries wouldn’t be interested in FirstRain. So it’s always gratifying, then, when yet another customer comes along that helps us dispel this myth. We’re [...]
Tom K is on fire. He’s winning the call counts almost every day. Diet Coke – check, phone on ear – check, two finger typing – check. Making his coworkers smile – priceless.
I’ve mentioned before what an exciting time it is to be a part of FirstRain. We’re building momentum every day as our fantastic sales team helps more and more customers in Marketing and Sales roles use FirstRain to monitor and act on the critical events that impact their business, industry and competitors. But for an [...]
Notes from a talk I gave at Berkeley Haas School of Business, April 4, 2011 I am going to assume that you know the basics of modeling cash flow. How to build a P&L, read a balance sheet and calculate working capital. Given that, if you are running a small, growing company here are my [...]
