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Mickey North Rizza v. Thomas Kase
May 3, 2017
Some of the people who have been following the #coupakase story had observed that while Thomas Kase’s move to Coupa isn’t as noteworthy as when Mickey North Rizza jumped to Bravo, they are in agreement that the optics are an issue. I would agree with this assessment from the standpoint of poor optics. However, for […]
Posted in: Commentary
What is good for the Theranos goose is not for the procurement gander
May 2, 2017
Short and sweet . . . When I posted the following poll as part of my coverage of the Theranos story asking if procurement needs or deserves independent media coverage, the results were 80 percent Yes, and 20 percent No. This lined up with what Kelly Barner and I found when we posed the question “does […]
Posted in: Commentary, PI Poll
New PI Poll: Does procurement need (deserve) independent media coverage?
May 1, 2017
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Posted in: PI Poll
Former Spend Matters “Analyst” Kase: A VP By Any Other Name . . .
May 1, 2017
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” is a frequently referenced part of William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her rival’s house of Montague, that is, that he is named “Montague.” – Wikipedia In Friday’s post 4 Major […]
Posted in: Commentary
4 Major Problems With Jason Busch’s Post Regarding COUPA Kase
April 28, 2017
While I have reached out to Coupa CEO Rob Bernshteyn as well as Spend Matters’ Carina Kuhl for a comment on my post from this morning, I was sent the link to a post that Jason Busch wrote about Coupa hiring former Spend Matters employee Thomas Kase. You can read it through the following link; http://spendmatters.com/2017/04/28/technology-analysts-ndas/ Given […]
Posted in: Commentary
Spend Matters’ Kase Joins COUPA In An Interdepartmental Transfer
April 28, 2017
For five years, Kase worked at Spend Matters as vice president of research and lead analyst . . . Prior to Spend Matters, Kase worked in different roles for source-to-pay providers Ariba and SciQuest – through their Procuri and AECsoft USA acquisitions, respectively. – April 27th, 2017, Global Newswire The incestuous nature of the procurement world […]
Posted in: Commentary
A $70 Million KKR Investment And A Series Of Big Client Wins: Ivalua SVP Joshi Tells All
April 27, 2017
Today at Noon ET I will be joined by Ivalua’s SVP Sales and Business Development Amol Joshi to talk about the upstart company’s big win with the State of Arizona. Ironically, the use of the term upstart is somewhat deceiving, because Ivalua has been around for 15 years. The moniker, however, is appropriate because the win with […]
Posted in: Commentary, PI Window On The World Radio
Part 1 of 2: The End Of The Sponsored Blog Era
April 26, 2017
“There should be a presumption that media is misleading unless it’s been properly identified and labeled in advance,” he said. April 26th, 2017 article Branded content regulation recommended for parliamentary review, as advertiser pressure is posed as a remedy for fake news By Katie Deighton According to the above article that appeared in the April 26th issue […]
Posted in: Commentary
Spend Matters SolutionMap: A Thin Line Between Greatness And Irrelevance
April 21, 2017
The response to my April 11th post, Initial Questions Regarding Spend Matters SolutionMap has been interesting, to say the least. To start, I have appreciated the openness of Azul Partners VP of Marketing Carina Kuhl to provide me with information – including the E-Procurement SolutionMap PRO articles that are only available to subscribers, to help me to better understand their service […]
Posted in: Commentary
Procurement Insights 
Quote #4 – POWER
May 10, 2017
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I have recently heard comments about waking up in bed with a horse head and other such fables of power and influence. Such comments confirmed what I have always believed that being in a position of power through which you can influence others is a privilege and responsibility. In other words, real power should be […]