The document summarizes the SugarCon 2012 conference. It discusses SugarCRM's growth and new funding, the venue for the conference, new features in SugarCRM version 6.5 and the planned version 7. It outlines the keynote speakers, sessions on integration, administration, mobile roadmap and applications. The future of SugarCRM is highlighted including adoption by IBM, improvements to speed and interface, and plans to double the size of SugarCon 2013 in New York City.
3. Sugar as a Company
Crazy Growth!
Cash flow positive in 2010
● 58% from Q2 2011 to
● 69% in Q3 2011 to
● 92% in Q4 2011 to
● 118% in Q1 this year
New Partner Advisory Board
● BrainSell's Jim Ward, Predisent
$33M in new funding
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4. The Venue
The Schedule
● Monday: Partner Day
● Tuesday: Break outs and
keynotes
● Wednesday: Break outs
and keynotes
● Thursday: Training
Highlights:
Guy Kawasaki
Cocktails, food
Sugar Smarties Bar
v6.5 sneak peek
Apps at booths
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10. Speakers
Larry Augustin & Clint Oram:
● The future of Sugar
Guy Kawasaki: Enchantment
● PPT lessons, drop everything
Derek Grant: Pardot
● How to use social media in business
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11. Sessions
● Integrating your website with Sugar
● Admin session: using studio
● Sugar mobile roadmap (redo)
● Testing out v6.5
● Training sessions on Thursday
● App Throwdown
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13. The Future
● IBM adopts Sugar internally w/ 67,000 seats
● IBM relationship - Connections & Sugar
● Technology improvements stressed
○ Speed, interface, social
● Now over 400 partners
● SugarCon to double in size, in NYC 2013
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