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Open Source for Business Data: JigSaw |
This week I met with the CEO and co-founder of Jigsaw, Jim Fowler. Over the years I've heard about Jigsaw but their "buzz" had been over shadowed by FaceBook, LinkedIn and Myspace - not to mention the many other social networking web sites cropping up like flies. I'm now getting a number of invitations to be on H5.
Between a lot of laughs and boundless energy, Jim quickly got me up to speed on what Jigsaw is really all about. It's NOT a social networking site. It's a powerful sales tool for finding correct information on companies and their employees. Think about Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica or any other dictionary for that matter.
A traditional dictionary is good, but quite limited in that the information is input from a limited number of editors and new information is only input in the next publishing cycle. Wikipedia on the other hand is so popular as a) if it's not 100% right, it's pretty darn good because its editors are the entire Internet. What I've found is that there is a treasure trove and an abundance of information on any topic b) it's evolving; definitions that mean one thing today or have a limited entry today, could be more substantive next week.
Jigsaw's does the same for business.

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