Comments on: Transitional Services http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/ A blog about our thoughts on entrepreneurship, teamwork, our services, the Web and anything we find interesting. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:27:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Transitional Services « Postfully Yours http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/comment-page-1/#comment-65312 Transitional Services « Postfully Yours Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:40:53 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/#comment-65312 [...] someone else had already done a great job of introducing the topic.  Mike McDerment of Freshbooks gave this definition: Transitional Services are services that facilitate a user’s transition from one platform to the [...] [...] someone else had already done a great job of introducing the topic.  Mike McDerment of Freshbooks gave this definition: Transitional Services are services that facilitate a user’s transition from one platform to the [...]

]]> By: Dharmesh Mehta http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/comment-page-1/#comment-40609 Dharmesh Mehta Sun, 06 May 2007 07:33:18 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/#comment-40609 Hi All, I did get a chance to write a paper on security concerns in Web 2.0. This paper has been published by OWASP (www.owasp.org) now and is available at link below: PDF version: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Papers HTML version: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Papers/Jeopardy_in_Web_2_0 Happy reading !!! Please feel free to drop in your comments about the paper. You can mail me at dharmeshmm_at_gmail_com Wregs, Dharmesh M Mehta Mastek (www.mastek.com) Hi All,

I did get a chance to write a paper on security concerns in Web 2.0.

This paper has been published by OWASP (www.owasp.org) now and is available at link below:

PDF version:
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Papers

HTML version:
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Papers/Jeopardy_in_Web_2_0

Happy reading !!!
Please feel free to drop in your comments about the paper.
You can mail me at dharmeshmm_at_gmail_com

Wregs,
Dharmesh M Mehta
Mastek (www.mastek.com)

]]> By: Ripe Data - The November 06 Edition http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/comment-page-1/#comment-24800 Ripe Data - The November 06 Edition Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:03:30 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/#comment-24800 [...] Analysis At first blush you might say that it is counter-intuitive to see an increase of 25% in the number of invoices send by ground mail versus email. The truth is we have many users who create invoices with FreshBooks but do not send them by email. The reason for the increase here is the increasing adoption of our new ground mail service. Released in August we expect significant growth in ground mail sending to increase over the next year or so - until an equilibrium is reached. Then, gradually over the following 5-10 or so years we expect to see a decline as businesses make a concerted effort to transition their processes online. Eventually a new equilibrium will be reached as some invoices will always need to be sent by the post to a fraction of the population who does not accept email invoices. Browser Usage - Internet Explorer 7 - October 5.02%, November 9.68% - IE 6 - October 37.64%, November 36.77% - FireFox 2.0 - October 6.61%, November 24.51% - FF 1.5 - October 44.26%, November 22.07% [...] [...] Analysis At first blush you might say that it is counter-intuitive to see an increase of 25% in the number of invoices send by ground mail versus email. The truth is we have many users who create invoices with FreshBooks but do not send them by email. The reason for the increase here is the increasing adoption of our new ground mail service. Released in August we expect significant growth in ground mail sending to increase over the next year or so – until an equilibrium is reached. Then, gradually over the following 5-10 or so years we expect to see a decline as businesses make a concerted effort to transition their processes online. Eventually a new equilibrium will be reached as some invoices will always need to be sent by the post to a fraction of the population who does not accept email invoices. Browser Usage – Internet Explorer 7 – October 5.02%, November 9.68% – IE 6 – October 37.64%, November 36.77% – FireFox 2.0 – October 6.61%, November 24.51% – FF 1.5 – October 44.26%, November 22.07% [...]

]]> By: Ken http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/comment-page-1/#comment-18636 Ken Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:56:37 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/#comment-18636 Great idea if you're going to have older accountants use it. I know a few who can't even look at a monitor without glasses. Great idea if you’re going to have older accountants use it. I know a few who can’t even look at a monitor without glasses.

]]> By: BubbleShare: Better than Flickr http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/comment-page-1/#comment-16556 BubbleShare: Better than Flickr Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:49:03 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/#comment-16556 [...] You don’t need to give up an email address to use BubbleShare, only if you want a lasting account and profile, and you can get started in less than 30 seconds. You can also make prints and photo albums of your images meaning BubbleShare is a nice example of a transitional service.  What more can you ask for? [...] [...] You don’t need to give up an email address to use BubbleShare, only if you want a lasting account and profile, and you can get started in less than 30 seconds. You can also make prints and photo albums of your images meaning BubbleShare is a nice example of a transitional service.  What more can you ask for? [...]

]]> By: Mike McDerment http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/comment-page-1/#comment-11981 Mike McDerment Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:04:54 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/#comment-11981 Thanks Dharmesh. By the way, for those of you who don't know him, Dharmesh is a great source of advice for startups. He is the man behind OnStartUps.com and he recently released a small business blog. You can find a reference to this article, and some more insights on it <a href="http://www.smallbusiness20.com/Home/tabid/6307/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/827/TheNeedForServiceTransitioningFromOldToNew.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>.  Thanks Dharmesh.

By the way, for those of you who don’t know him, Dharmesh is a great source of advice for startups. He is the man behind OnStartUps.com and he recently released a small business blog. You can find a reference to this article, and some more insights on it here. 

]]> By: Have You Seen This Before? http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/comment-page-1/#comment-11978 Have You Seen This Before? Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:44:51 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/#comment-11978 [...] As posted on the FreshBooks Blog: [...] [...] As posted on the FreshBooks Blog: [...]

]]> By: Dharmesh Shah http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/comment-page-1/#comment-11977 Dharmesh Shah Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:29:41 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/#comment-11977 I think you're on to something, but I have somewhat of a biased opinion. I've spent a fair amount of time thinking about this issue as part of my vision for my startup is to help bring small businesses "off the sidelines" and "into the game". In order to do this, we think a fair amount about bulding bridges from the old to the new and providing an adequate level of "hand-holding" to help our customers make the transition. I think too many Web 2.0 style services expect to put software up on the web, collect credit cards (or eyeballs) and let the customers sift through the challenges of the transition. In my opinon, companies like FreshBooks that invest in thinking about getting customers through the painful change process will fare better over the long term. I think you’re on to something, but I have somewhat of a biased opinion.

I’ve spent a fair amount of time thinking about this issue as part of my vision for my startup is to help bring small businesses “off the sidelines” and “into the game”. In order to do this, we think a fair amount about bulding bridges from the old to the new and providing an adequate level of “hand-holding” to help our customers make the transition.

I think too many Web 2.0 style services expect to put software up on the web, collect credit cards (or eyeballs) and let the customers sift through the challenges of the transition. In my opinon, companies like FreshBooks that invest in thinking about getting customers through the painful change process will fare better over the long term.

]]> By: Levi http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/comment-page-1/#comment-11976 Levi Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:26:33 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/#comment-11976 Mike, Your making a lot of sense (perhaps I should go on holidays more often?!). Mark Cuban offered up three business ideas in a blog post a few weeks ago that could definitely be defined as transitional services (http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000770073824/). The third one, going door to door with a laptop and offering to scan people's family photos, is a quitessential transitional service. - Levi Mike,

Your making a lot of sense (perhaps I should go on holidays more often?!). Mark Cuban offered up three business ideas in a blog post a few weeks ago that could definitely be defined as transitional services (http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000770073824/). The third one, going door to door with a laptop and offering to scan people’s family photos, is a quitessential transitional service.

- Levi

]]> By: Dom http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/comment-page-1/#comment-11972 Dom Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:33:03 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/08/25/transitional-services/#comment-11972 Yep, makes sense. Especially crucial in getting the boomer market to buy into web services. Yep, makes sense. Especially crucial in getting the boomer market to buy into web services.

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