1. Sage Estimating Marketplace
Idea Jam 1.0
Sage Estimating Marketplace
Brent VanLoo
Jacob Hall
David Khasho
Adrian Kole
Jason Brewer

2. Problem: Product Value and Investment in New Technology
Application Ease of Use and Remote Access
Customer Productivity
TCO
We Need to use New Technology to Drive Revenue and Satisfy Customer Needs
Clearly and concisely state the problem. What is the business level issue and pain. It should be compelling. Did I mention be concise?!

3. Solution:
Create a Sage Web Based Marketplace to Sell and Access Estimating Data
Sell Standard Industry Databases that can be purchased and used in real time
Upload Customer Partner DBs for Sale
Store for Access Company Proprietary Databases
Access Little Used Specialized Databases, Assemblies and Models
An open source forum to upload, share, rate and grant access to industry data
What is your proposed solution, again less is more be concise and clear (just state the facts, sell the idea on the next slide “Benefits and Barriers”

4. Benefits & Barriers:
Customers can easily access databases on demand and remotely which will increase their opportunity to win bids
A centralized tool to market and share in the revenue of partner and customer created data
Promotes self service resulting in lower overhead in sales and support. Go right to marketplace from Estimating SW
Low investment risk, reuse SkyFire
Revenue model based on one time purchase and/or access subscription
Just need to start the implementation
Sell like Hell! Why is this going to be the greatest thing to hit CRE?? Identify any limiting factors! Barriers could be anything: money, time, complexity, shift in mind set, will not be politically correct, ………………….

5. Underlying Magic/Technology:
Using new web technology that customers can understand and use to purchase data immediately to win business
Giving immediate access and immediate revenue source
A source of shared revenue that makes sense for us, our channel and industry experts
What is the essence of your secret sauce? It could be sheer brilliance or a mix of brilliance and applied technology – you decide!

6. Next Steps:
Small part-time task force to start with the first phase to get in front of users and partners
Can produce this in phases with revenue generator first
Upload – Purchase – Download
Public / Private Areas
Item Based Queries and Access
Add more data items
Estimate Templates, Formulas and Reports
Possible Accounting Data (Reports)
This is your call to action – what has to happen next for your idea to Rock CRE