Isaac Garcia, CEO of Central Desktop

This week, Bob and Pat talk with Isaac Gracia, CEO of Central Desktop, an industry-leading cloud-based social collaboration platform for businesses.

Isaac fills us in on how Central Desktop grew from two founders to a company with 60 employees, what their secret weapon for winning business in the competitive social collaboration space is, and why startups need to avoid the allure of Enterprise consulting.

Isaac also talks about Central Desktop’s SocialBridge, and how creating a vertical business/code interface for creative agencies while still maintaining one codebase is a powerful way of extending an open, helping hand from a horizontal web app to a vertical segment.

And, at the top of the show we also talk about Patrick’s new position within Microsoft – and what you get out of it.

Tired of being stuck in neutral in your startup? Why not do a MicroConsult with Bob Walsh? Instead of hypotheticals and too much information, Bob will work with you for an hour via Skype developing 8 to 10 specific todos that will get your startup in gear. Details at 47hats.com.

Download Show #110 here: Show #110 Or if you prefer, Subscribe to the podcast in Apple iTunes.

Bob Walsh blogs at 47Hats, is on Twitter at @bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.

Patrick Foley blogs at PatrickFoley.com, is on Twitter at @patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com

Guest Page

Isaac Garcia’s Guest Page.

Relevant Links:

Central Desktop
SocialBridge: A Collaboration App Built for Creative Agencies (Gigaom)
SocialBridge

Michael Nusimow (right) and Daniel Kivatinos

This week, Bob and Pat talk with Michael Nusimow and Daniel Kivatinos of Drchrono – an iPad Electronic Medical Records App that is plugged into and taking advantage of the new realities of healthcare.

Michael and Daniel talk about how tying Drchrono to the iPad dramatically changed the game for them and how new federal incentives for medical practices are turning traditionally healthcare late adopters into early, richer, adopters.

Daniel and Michael – graduates of Y Combinator - candidly talk about which of their marketing techniques work, how to be press-friendly, how to punch above your weight compared to enterprise companies, the secret to getting into Y Combinator, and why Y Combinator matters.

(Apologies for the two-week hiatus in the show;  sometimes you have to stop, pause and get ready for a big leap – more about this soon!)

Tired of being stuck in neutral in your startup? Why not do a MicroConsult with Bob Walsh? Instead of hypotheticals and too much information, Bob will work with you for an hour via Skype developing 8 to 10 specific todos that will get your startup in gear. Details at 47hats.com.

Download Show #109 here: Show #109 Or if you prefer, Subscribe to the podcast in Apple iTunes.

Bob Walsh blogs at 47Hats, is on Twitter at @bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.

Patrick Foley blogs at PatrickFoley.com, is on Twitter at @patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com

Video

Relevant Links:

Drchrono – the iPad will see you now
Government Incentives for EHR Adoption
Drchrono blog.
Show #24: Medical practice startup Dr. Chrono

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