One on One with Alastair Mitchell of Huddle

Alastair Mitchell is chief executive and co-founder of Huddle. Frustrated by existing enterprise technology's inability to help people work together, when collaboration apps in our social lives worked so easily, Mitchell started Huddle in 2006 with Andy McLoughlin. Since then, he has grown Huddle to 100 people in London and San Francisco and raised $15 million in funding.

FCM: How is enterprise collaboration software different from commercial social services like Facebook?

AM: A key point here is that people often hear the words "enterprise collaboration software" and immediately think it means Facebook or Twitter in the enterprise. They are great tools for connecting and communicating with people in our social lives, or for brands communicating with customers, but they were not built from the ground up for the enterprise or with the purpose of enabling people to get their work done. Read more...