In BusinessWeek staat Socialtext CEO Ross Mayfield in het zonnetje. Ross als een ‘Tech’s Young Entrepreneur’ die een post-dot.com startup manage-t.Een paar quotes uit het artikel:

…Increasingly inexpensive and ubiquitous information technologies such as the Internet, wireless connections, and cheap computer servers, he says, allow him to run the company with far less money and fewer people than he could have a decade ago — without scrimping on features or quality. Says the 34-year-old serial entrepreneur: “This is the prototype of the new Internet startup.”….BEATS A HUNDRED E-MAILS. That’s not a boast. It’s the stark new reality for many tech entrepreneurs. Socialtext is helping forge this new path — not the least with its own software. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Socialtext sells so-called wiki software. Offered as a service over the Web, the software makes it quick and easy to set up Web sites with a simple browser. …Anyone in a company or department can post material on these wikis, and anyone else, subject to approval by the creator, can edit or add to them. They’ve become a cheaper, more flexible collaboration alternative to both overtaxed e-mail and complex groupware such as IBM’s Lotus Notes. … wiki software allows everybody in a group or even a whole company to literally stay on the same page — that is, on their shared Web pages. That speeds up everything that involves coordination, helping to cut costs. …Fun is getting things done together quickly as a team. No $1,000 chairs, no custom architecture, no in-house masseurs. A distributed team of top-notch developers, where we find them. We stay in touch with VOIP and wiki, no costume parties or island retreats. …

» lees het hele artikel ‘Championing a Wiki World’[Bron: BusinessWeek online]