Jon saw a new world where people were buying PCs like crazy to use in their businesses. They needed to keep track of their contacts, their calendars and communications, which in those days were Word or Word Perfect (remember them?). Unlike Act! and other early personal info managers, Jon said what if everyone in the office could share and contribute to the same contact manager and customer info base over the network in the office? WOW!! And the rest of that story is history. He and a friend created the first networked contact manager called GOLDMINE!
Fast forward about 10 years, Jon gets an offer he can't refuse and sells GoldMine. He goes off and enjoys his young family and life in general. But the still young entrepreneur keeps an eye on the need and opportunity in the environment around him. This time he heard and saw a new rumbling, perhaps stronger than the PC network, it was the social network.
He saw hundreds of millions of people sharing personal and professional info on FaceBook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google and email. He saw a need to consolidate all these new sources of info in a single living location, where contact info would include live feeds and the ability to comment, respond, tweet or whatever with your contacts.
Jon saw the need and created Nimble, a Social Network CRM system for the next great wave of information and communication.
Hear and see Jon introduce Nimble in the video below.