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Starting the “Metrics Series”

January 29th, 2007 You Mon Tsang

A few years back, while I was working in enterprise software, I thought, “wouldn’t it be great to grow a software company past $1B in revenue?” That would make us one of the biggest software companies in the world. Top 20 for sure, maybe even close to Top 10.

Shortly thereafter, I read that the Martha Stewart line of products at Kmart accounted for $1.5 billion of revenue per year. The revenue from towels, bedding and household goods by Martha would be a Top 10 software company!

Sure, margins are higher in software, blah blah blah. But my point is that numbers can really put things in perspective – really shake up one’s own world. My career has been focused on business intelligence, metrics and content analysis and management. Getting good information, whether for fun or business, has always been part of my goal.

So I am starting a “Metrics Series” where I plan to share some fun and hopefully useful metrics around Boxxet. Watch out for the first post shortly.

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