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Destination CRM
May 2005
Manufacturing Builds on Customer Relationships
- Prophet 2004 users can continue to use Outlook features like email, calendar, appointments, and tasks, while also creating and managing sales opportunities associated with their Outlook contacts without constantly moving between two applications or synching databases, as with some other competing software. The application allows users to create reports detailing performance across a sales team based on any number of criteria. The software requires users to describe steps in the sales process. Brandrud salespeople record their sales calls and any other follow-up communication in Prophet 2004. Management gets reports on these contacts, and can now see where salespeople might need some extra help to close a sale.....Read more
March 2005
Asian American Entrepreneurs; old vs. young
- James Wong, Tim Nguyen and Yale Wong belong to a new breed of Asian American entrepreneurs. Only in their 30s, these businessmen aim for the hottest commodities in the market. Combined, they have a proven record of establishing and selling 10 profitable businesses. They are doers as well as visionaries — the essence of successful entrepreneurs….. James and Tim own Avidian Technologies, which develops software for customer-relationship management....Read more
April 2005
Entrepreneur’s 2005 Complete Guide to Software
- Prophet 2004: Sales management software that works inside Microsoft Outlook, allowing you to use a single application to manage all your customer communications....Read more
Small Business Pipeline
April 2005
Small Business Pipeline Raves About Prophet
- Avidian Technologies' Prophet 2004 is a customer relationship management (CRM) application that integrates directly with Microsoft Outlook. For that reason, it has a leg up on many other CRM applications that rely on import and export of contact information. Products like ACT!, Salesforce.com, GoldMine, and many others are able to import contact data from Outlook as a starting point. Some are able to transfer updated information back to Outlook, but the processes are generally manual and the data that is inserted into Outlook is restricted. Even Microsoft's own Business Contact Manager (BCM) is a separate application from Outlook, and uses its own data files...Read more
March 2005
Prophet Highlighted in "A Second Act for CRM"
- Customer relationship management was one of the boom’s big disappointments. Now it’s back and worth another look. This article features some CRM success stories including one highlighting Prophet...Read more
February 18, 2005
Prophet is Nominated for Most Promising New Technology
- The Washington Software Association has selected Prophet as a finalist for it’s most promising new technology award for 2004. Previous winners include .NET Framework from Microsoft and Isilon IQ from Isilon Systems. We are very proud and honored to be a finalist for this prestigious award...Read more
October 15, 2004
Manage Sales in Outlook with Prophet 2004
- Avidian has stepped into the fray with Prophet 2004, a product it says will allow salespeople to access that crucial sales data without ever leaving the Outlook application space…Through this deep integration with the Outlook application, Avidian leverages the ease of use and functionality built into Outlook, while layering on tracking and reporting features...Read more
September 10, 2004
Avidian CEO James Wong Honored with 40 Under 40 Leadership Award.
PSBJ’s 40 Under 40 is the region’s premier award program that spotlights the next generation of business leaders – people with an entrepreneurial spirit who are under the age of 40 and have made a difference in the Puget Sound region through their business and community involvement...Read more
September 1, 2004
Handle your business contacts like a pro: 6 tips
- "Don’t forget to categorize your contacts," says James Wong, president of Avidian Technologies, and an Outlook expert. "There is a powerful feature in Outlook…”...Read more
August 4, 2004
All-in-One
- Prophet 2004 from Avidian Technologies adds CRM features to Microsoft Outlook and, since it works within the e-mail client, lets you manage sales opportunities without switching applications....Read more
August 8, 2004
Simple Solution
- Brandrud enhances capabilities of familiar tools to ensure follow-up at crucial points in the sales process....Read more
Avidian Wins Mayor’s Small Business Awards
July 2, 2004
Avidian Wins Mayor’s Small Business Awards
- Every year, ten small businesses in Seattle receive special recognition for their accomplishments through the Mayor's Small Business Awards. Honored for excellence in marketing, management, employee relations and community involvement, this year's winners represent diversity - in services, size, location and strategies for success. To qualify, the business must have no more than 100 employees and gross revenues of less than $10 million...Read more
Ding Bat - Hot Picks
July 1, 2004
Ding Bat – Hot Picks
- Imagine having a super-salesman built into Outlook. Well, with Prophet you do! It's the best way to manage sales & contacts. It sure would've saved Willy Loman's life! Read more
Puget Sound Business Journal Article: CRM on the Cheap
June 25, 2004
Puget Sound Business Journal Article: Avidian’s Wong taps hot sector with third business
- Avidian may have hit upon the right technology and strategy, and the business is growing – fast…Avidian helps small and medium-sized businesses generate, record and track sales leads and contacts…Unlike its competitors, Avidian also figured out a way to seamlessly integrate Prophet with Microsoft Corp’s popular e-mail program, Outlook. That’s no small task
Venture All Stars
June 7, 2004
Avidian Honored as Pacific Northwest's Top Venture-Backed Companies
- Thirty nine of the Pacific Northwest's top venture-backed companies were honored as Venture All Stars on Friday at the 2004 Venture All Stars Summit at Chateau St. Michelle winery in Woodinville, Wash. Venture All Star recognition is the most prestigious honor awarded to companies in the Northwest venture capital community...The companies recognized as Venture All Stars are those that the local venture investing community believe have demonstrated the ability to follow in the footsteps of the region's most successful growth businesses that relied on private venture funds to grow, such as Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, Amazon.com and Immunex...Read more
Sales and Marketing Management Article: CRM on the Cheap
June 1, 2004
Sales and Marketing Management Article: CRM on the Cheap
- So you've decided it's time to invest in customer relationship management technology. Think you have no choice but to fork over the big bucks? Not necessarily. With a little know-how, you can find a system that's effective and doesn't cost a bundle…That’s one reason Brandrud Furniture picked Avidian Technologies’ Prophet to manage relationships with its health care and education customers...Read more
eWeek article: Prophet Sharpens SFA Applications
May 10, 2004
eWeek Article: Prophet Sharpens SFA Applications
- "By adding database server support, Avidian Technologies has made Prophet 2004 Server Edition a more compelling solution for companies that need a simple way to build sales management applications within Microsoft Outlook."...Read more
PC World Review: Make Outlook More Useful
May 1, 2004
PC World Review: Make Outlook More Useful
- Unlike...Act Software 6...GoldMine 6.5, and even Microsoft's own Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003, this plug-in works directly inside Outlook. Then link "Act Software" to the compare Prophet vs Act page, Goldmine link to compare Prophet with/Goldmine, and the Business Contact Manager link it to the compare Prophet with BCM....Read more
PC Magazine article: Prophet 2004
February 17, 2004
PC Magazine article: Prophet 2004
- Salespeople hate having to switch between e-mail and CRM applications to track the progress of their sales opportunities. Avidian Technologies' Prophet 2004 lets them do it all within Microsoft Outlook...Read more
Seattle Times article: Sales Reps have power with program that tracks customers
February 16, 2004
Seattle Times article: Sales Reps have power with program that tracks customers
- Over the past few years, many industry analysts, including the Gartner Group, have cited failure rates for CRM installations as high as 50 percent. Wong thinks some of those failures occur because some workers find CRM too cumbersome to use...Read more
Info World article: Avidian Updates CRM Software for small businesses
February 10, 2004
Info World article: Avidian Updates CRM Software for small businesses
- Avidian Technologies LLC, a company targeting the smallest end of the market for CRM (customer relationship management) applications, on Tuesday released an update that adds new synchronization and data-sharing features to its sales-management software...Read more
Computer User article: Sharpening the look of Outlook
October 1, 2003
Computer User article: Sharpening the look of Outlook
- Microsoft's Outlook can be a valuable tool for salespeople who need e-mail, digital calendars, and a robust contacts database...Seattle-based Avidian Technologies aims to wipe away those irritations with software that makes Outlook more useful. CEO James Wong talks about sales management, keeping things simple... Read more
eWeek	article: Staffs can Prophet from Outlook
September 24, 2003
eWeek article: Staffs can "Prophet" from Outlook
- Avidian Technologies' Prophet 2004 does something that should have been done a long time ago: It builds a sales force application into Microsoft's Outlook at a reasonable price.
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Sellingpower.com - CRM Newsletter
September 6, 2003
Sellingpower.com - CRM Newsletter
- With Prophet 2004, Outlook 2000/XP acts as a user's only application for sales tracking, personalized group emails, contact management, reporting and sharing of sales information...
Avidian Technologies Answers Industry Call for Sales Management Solution Built Inside of MS Outlook
August 6, 2003
Avidian Technologies Answers Industry Call for Sales Management Solution Built Inside of MS Outlook
Prophet 2004 is Now Available for All Frustrated ACT Software 6 and Goldmine 6.5 Users As Well As Those Seeking a More Effective MS Outlook.
Avidian Technologies Beats Microsoft's Intentions for Profitable Contact Management in Outlook
May 21, 2004
Avidian Technologies Beats Microsoft's Intentions for Profitable Contact Management in Outlook
- Avidian Technologies announced today it has produced the first full featured sales opportunity management solution for Outlook 2000 and XP users built with .NET technologies.
An Interview with James Wong, CEO Avidian Technologies
August 24, 2002
An Interview with James Wong, CEO Avidian Technologies
- A Seattle serial entrepreneur tells of his most recent venture as well as lessons learned.

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