Comments on: Will the Cloud Bring Back Bootstrapped Prime Time Software Vendors? http://www.crmoutsiders.com/2009/04/08/will-the-cloud-bring-back-bootstrapped-prime-software-vendors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-the-cloud-bring-back-bootstrapped-prime-software-vendors Former analyst and journalist discuss CRM from the vendor-side Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Matt Aslett http://www.crmoutsiders.com/2009/04/08/will-the-cloud-bring-back-bootstrapped-prime-software-vendors/comment-page-1/#comment-1192 Matt Aslett Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:03:15 +0000 http://www.crmoutsiders.com/?p=714#comment-1192 Hi Martin, Thanks for the mention. The barriers to entry have lowered but it appears that many investors haven't woken up to this and are still looking for larger investment and pay-off opportunities than some vendors are happy to commit to. This has led some to suggest that the old VC model for software is broken. We touch a little on this in our report, although it impacts the whole industry, not just open source. I expect to see much more on this subject during the year. Matt Hi Martin,

Thanks for the mention. The barriers to entry have lowered but it appears that many investors haven’t woken up to this and are still looking for larger investment and pay-off opportunities than some vendors are happy to commit to. This has led some to suggest that the old VC model for software is broken. We touch a little on this in our report, although it impacts the whole industry, not just open source. I expect to see much more on this subject during the year.

Matt

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