6. 6 Launched in December 2004 HQ in San Mateo, California 130 Employees Backed by Leading VCs $18 Million Raised Profitable Q4 2008 CONFIDENTIAL 6 Jigsaw
42. 42 What does it mean? How will the increasing transparency of information affect your business?
43. 43 Prediction #1 “Information wants to be free.” Stuart Brand – MIT Media Lab Information will continue to march inexorably down the path toward complete transparency.
44. 44 Prediction #2 Sales people be forced to become better marketers. Marketers will need to become gods.
45. 45 Prediction #3 Basic company and contact data will cease to be a competitive advantage.
46. 46 Prediction #4 “We’re entering a new world in which data may be more important than software.” Tim O’Reilly– Tech Publisher and Open source Guru Understanding change in the data will become more valuable than the data itself.
47. 47 Prediction #5 “You have no privacy. Get over it.” Scott McNealy– Founder & CEO of Sun Microsystems Privacy is a very important issue. However, the fervor over email will die down over time.
48. 48 Prediction #6 Managers will need to watch their crown jewels.
49. 49 Prediction #7 Power will shift from the employer to the employee.
50. 50 Prediction #8 “It is not the strongest of a species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin Those who are reactive will die. Those who are proactive will thrive.
51. 51 Jim Fowler CEO fowler@jigsaw.com T. 650.235.8420 F. 650.235.8425 777 Mariners Island Blvd., 4th Floor, San Mateo, CA 94404 Enterprise.jigsaw.com Thank You! www.jigsaw.com
