Shop Talk: Vuzit grows up

A little more than a year after graduating from DreamIt Ventures, document sharing site Vuzit is growing up.

“It’s feeling less and less like a startup everyday,” says CTO Chris Cera.

The company has hired its first non-founder employee, a sales person to help expand sales, and has recently released the 3.0 version of its DocuPub Platform. As a result, the company is having to rapidly add and plan features while trying to keep its service humming along smoothly.

After the jump we take a look at what makes Vuzit tick, some new features of 3.0 and the super secret deal Vuzit has up its sleeve.
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Shop Talk: StarCite’s web-based event planning software is all about SaaS

The Chief Financial Officer of purchasing at any large company can easily pull up a budget and see how much money is being spent on telephones, computers and office furniture.

But meetings and conferences are a hidden expense category: their budgets are often hidden away within departments and divisions with no way to see spending at an executive level.

That’s foolish. At least, it seems so after a chat with Center City-based StarCite Inc. Vice President Kevin Young.

“Instead of spending $10 million at different hotels, corporate event planners could go to Marriot directly and say ‘Let’s talk about better rates. What can you do for us?,’” he says.

If planners had a way to see spending, that is.

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