Comments on: How Do You Achieve Success?

By: Esteban Kolsky

Esteban Kolsky — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:21:59 +0000

Thanks, now you compare me with Larry?

Thanks for your comment. I still think that we could be widely more successful in the world of business if we were to focus on what we really need when we are looking for a new solutions. It might be cool to try to preview all the needs and add them to the purchasing process – but in reality the vast majority of solutions deployed remain underutilized (some of them grossly underutilized) for trying to make it too “complete”.

Thanks for reading…

By: Anand Chopra

Anand Chopra — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:09:32 +0000

Esteban – agreed and as a segue, the 80% maxim is also used by Larry Ellison. In the book “Softwar,” Ellison is given rights to footnote as he saw fit (to correct or clarify the author’s story). In one passage, Ellison is represented as telling customers NOT to customize his software. The software, as it is, provides a solution for 80% of what any enterprise would like to accomplish. For the remaining 20%, either of the following are the best way to reach your goal:

A – provide feedback to Oracle and they will add your requests to a future release;
B – modify your business process to match the software

Bottom line is, as brash as we think Larry can be, he’s right. And your statement regarding the 80% approach is right as well…congrats, you’re a bit like Larry!!

Anand

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