Some Spiceworks Facts and quotes from today #Spiceworld2009
- 20% of Enterprises in the U.S. use @spiceworks #spiceworld2009
- @spiceworks has 1,200 new members a day. 1 million users by 1Q 2010 #spiceworld2009
- Spiceworks is a Social Business App. 770k user/members. 200 Spiceheads on hand to learn more. #spiceworld2009.
- “Sometime the best place to get your strategy is to just listen to your customer.” Wish more companies thought that! #spiceworld2009
- More sponsored plugins to come, thanks to the API some great new plugins are coming
- @spiceworks revenue growth 2009 3x from 2008 #spiceworld2009
- “Spiceworks is the fastest growing IT app in history”. Scott Abel. #spiceworld2009
- @spiceworks cash flow positive 1Q 2010 #spiceworld2009
- Spiceworks was started because Scott wanted to be with the guys again, nothing about a good idea.
- “I think people are just scared of the term add supported.” by JAFOLLIT on the Livestream chat
- We mention “The iTunes of IT” and Francis shut up by Scott
- Ad supported came from a Gmail advert for $69 logo designs
- scouch40: My IT motto- Hope for the best, Plan for the worst.
- zelleie: My IT motto – “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit”
- Motley2_98: Some call me willis
Motley2_98: cause no one knows what Im talkin about - Remember the glide function, well it FAILED and got taken out because it didn’t go that well
- Its not a website, its not a app, can you guess what it is yet?
- domjuk: How can you not be pessimistic in a negative way?
- zelleie: example for Dom : “You, sir, are an idiot but you’re very good at it”
- Scott Abel – maybe a little too consecutive in the beginning
- “We started the company due to the enormity of the bet” – Scott
- “I’m a fox news guy” – Greg
- BigTimmy: Tabrez is the man
- “Now i read the Spiceworks community digest” – Jay
- “We have 6 pending patents”
- “Were not going to ram ads into your face” – Scott
- “We have turned down some big cheque” – Scott
- “Were not a website were an app that runs in a browser” – Greg
- BigTimmy: I have a smoke machine and throw all my apps in it
- “Tell us how it was working for Steve Jobs”
- dscammell: Gotta go sit on a @Spiceworks panel at #SpiceWorld2009. How can I still tweet? *lol*
- bluee504: When I think virtualization i think machines with 32+ Gb of ram and raid 10 of 15k rpm drives, aka IT porn
- domjuk: “THE BEARD HOLDS THE ANSWER” – When scott was shown on screen
The list is getting a little long so that’s it for now, checkout some more tomorrow if i find the time