Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary and my personal and professional journey with Microsoft
Microsoft is celebrating its 50th Anniversary, and it would be good to reflect on my journey with Microsoft and tech life, which I have been blessed to be part of since the 1980s. Interestingly, I ended up in tech life almost accidentally. When I was approved to study at the Hanken School of Economics (Swedish…
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The Concept of Total Monetization and Why It Matters
I have written several articles about monetization and also several articles about how monetization is changing with AI. The concept of Total Monetization is a concept that Zuora has introduced and they define it as follows: Total Monetization refers to a comprehensive strategy aimed at maximizing revenue by leveraging multiple streams and optimizing them in…
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Book Review: Agentic Artificial Intelligence-Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work, and Life
I shared recently shared an article by Bernard Marrwhich explains the differences between AI Agents and Agentic AI. A new book has been released as a collaboration between several contributors that come from diverse backgrounds, such as AI researchers, business executives, high-level developers, and hands-on consultants who have implemented AI agents across industries worldwide. Co-authors…
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Book Review: AI Super-Powers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order
Kai-Fu Lee‘s 2018 book AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order has proven to be remarkably prescient in light of recent developments in the AI industry, particularly the emergence of the Chinese AI company DeepSeek. Although the book is from 2018, it describes China’s power well when the government decides where the…
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Book Review: Four Thousand Weeks average lifespan – Are you spending those weeks wisely?
Reviewing Four Thousand Weeks-Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman is appropriate as we are on the brink of changing from 2024 to 2025. This is my 26th book review of the year. I reviewed other books on the same theme this year, such as “Buy Back Your Time” by Dan Martell and also Joshua…
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AI and its impact on future accounting
I have written numerous LinkedIn articles on how AI will impact different professions. I also wrote about my wife and her cruise business, TELLUS Travels, and the expected changes in the cruise travel business. I read an interesting article in the International Accounting Bulletin today about Sage‘s Global Chief Technology Officer’s ( Aaron Harris) views…
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The threat of AI on traditional BI and Analytics tools
AI also changes software domains like business intelligence (BI) and analytics. Earlier in my career, I spent over 15 years as head of development for two software companies, building and delivering business intelligence, data warehousing, and analytics solutions. BI and analytics vendors have long marketed their solutions as easy to use, but we must ask…
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What type of AI Solutions will we see in 2025?
Ibbaka released an interesting report, “AI Monetization in 2025 Report,” which can be downloadedfrom their website. The Ibbaka team is a great educator and content developer on software pricing-related topics, and I have been following their work and webinars for quite a while now. The monetization report, released in January 2025, highlights several important trends…
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Book Review: Software as a Science by Dan Martell et al.
SaaS is not new. One would think that there would be nothing more to uncover. Still, we learn every day from the experiences we face when running a SaaS business or in consulting organizations that offer services to SaaS vendors. I have learned in life that with information overload, core concepts must be repeated regularly…
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No One Knows How to Price AI Tools?
This morning, I ran into this fascinating article (behind paywall) in The Wall Street Journal with the following heading: No One Knows How to Price AI Tools. Furthermore, the article states that “with businesses unwilling to drop top dollar on unproven AI tools, AI software vendors are getting creative on new strategies to convince them…
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