Accel KKR makes a 9 figure investment in SugarCRM. Some of the other potential compatible AKKR companies. Sugar’s redesign and re-architecture. Sugar’s one-clickedness. Mitch Lieberman‘s take on the investment and his advice, including going all in on the cloud. How the sales team needs to be more consultative and real. The idea of conversational engagement. The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation and some of the positional changes since last year. A close pack in the Leader quadrant. bpm’online is alone in the Challenger’s quadrant. ProsperWorks rebrands to Copper. Copper’s win percentage vs Salesforce. Salesforce and Google are cozying up. Will Google acquire a CRM vendor? Google’s Hangouts Meet as a viable online meeting app.