– Startups – – Startups – David Sacks of Yammer – TWiST #245

1:00-1:45 Welcome to this episode of TWiST with David Sacks of Yammer. I’d also like to thank our friends at Tagged for lending us their studio space. Everyone check out Tagged.com. 1:45-3:00 The last time we had you on, David, how big was Yammer? 3:00-4:30 How did you pivot out of Geni? 4:30-7:00 Where is Yammer today? I hear you just raised M? 7:00-9:30 Discussion of IT versus user decision making. 9:30-12:45 Is this liberating for IT because they don’t have to own making bad decisions? 12:45-14:15 So in a way this is becoming the Novell networks of enterprise. 14:15-14:45 Is this a better Google docs system? 14:45-18:00 Thank you to MailChimp for supporting TWiST! Everyone thank @MailChimp! 18:00-20:15 Do you see Dropbox or Box.com eventually becoming competitors? 20:15-22:15 What about CRM? Are there third party plug-ins for that? 22:15-24:00 Do you think enterprise will become one login across all services? 24:00-26:00 Is communication always terrible at companies? 26:00-28:30 In your opinion, has Yahoo has become a patent troll? 28:30-30:30 David explains why he’s offering a k signing bonus for anyone who leaves Yahoo for Yammer. 30:30-32:45 Is it going to take a systematic approach to eliminate patent trolling? 32:45-36:00 How do you know the difference between photocopying a site and improving upon an idea? 36:00-38:00 Should small companies just start filing patents themselves? 38:00-43:15 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show! Everyone thank …