Sep 29th 09 Posted by Jesse Kliza

The Hidden Gem In Your “Private Beta”

Lately, I’ve had the great pleasure of being able to work with startups from the Microsoft BizSpark program that are leveraging SaaSGrid to bring their SaaS apps to market.  It’s really been a blast, and it’s great to see the success they’re having and the enthusiasm about our product and what it’s doing for their business. One of the topics that has come up lately in... read more

Nov 5th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Thank You Autotask

Starting tomorrow, November 6th, I will no longer be Autotask’s Community Evangelist.  I’m extremely excited to be joining Apprenda as Director of Business Development. The work that Apprenda is doing is game changing, and there is no place I’d rather be at this point in my career. I’ve been with Autotask for 2.5 years now, and it’s been an awesome ride. Just over a year ago... read more

Oct 8th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Interview with Dean Isaji of ThinkMentalModels

As someone who’s always been fascinated by the human mind and how we think and make decisions, I was very interested in the concept of multiple mental models, outlined by Charles Munger in Poor Charlie’s Almanac. Back in May, I was introduced to ThinkMentalModels.com, and conversed with Dean Isaji, author of the ThinkMentalModels compilation. I recently had a chance to catch up with Dean and... read more

Sep 17th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

What do you do, Jesse Kliza?

Chris Brogan posted a question this morning, looking for feedback regarding what people felt new marketers and new media marketing agencies should be doing. As always, Chris’ post and the related comments are well worth the time to read in their entirety. So what do you do Jesse? I’ve thought about what I do, and I think it can be boiled down to this: I help organizations explode the traps of... read more