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August 2007 - Posts
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12:55 PM Friday, August 31, 2007
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On July 26, Ray Ozzie delivered his view of Microsoft’s strategy for software + services – which some call “Microsoft’s term for SaaS” -- at our financial analysts meeting. This weekend, the Seattle Times wrote two articles about Ray, his role at Microsoft Read More...
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12:19 AM Thursday, August 30, 2007
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I happened to read an article yesterday called “ Microsoft Still Cleaning up with Windows ” by Ivy Lessner in TheStreet.com. Hmm, the title may need a little freshening up, but skipping by that, the article challenges two commonly held myths about what Read More...
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12:06 AM Thursday, August 23, 2007
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A common question asked by startups -- companies and potential employees -- is what number of shares or percentage of the company is a good number. This was certainly a sought-after piece of information when I worked at startups -- and hard to come by. Read More...
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11:05 AM Saturday, August 18, 2007
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I read two articles last weekend that say what we all know: it has become cheaper to start a Web 2.0 company by using “off-the-shelf” technology, outsourcing IT and marketing, off-shoring development, and keeping your costs low until you know if your Read More...
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03:27 AM Thursday, August 16, 2007
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Tonight I attended another lively Dealmaker Media event, What’s Driving Mobile Advertising ? There were a fair number of startups in the room as well as carriers, online ad companies like Doubleclick, VCs and those of us from large companies. The discussion Read More...
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12:05 PM Saturday, August 11, 2007
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I discovered an interesting site for entrepreneurs who want to start an internet startup: http://www.startupping.com/ . It's a combination of blog, wiki and discussion forums. It also has a blog aggregator about everything related to startups. The current Read More...
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03:09 AM Saturday, August 11, 2007
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There are two really interesting Web sites that anyone trying to decide how to bridge the gap or make a decsion between open source and Microsoft technology probably wants to take a look at. One is Port 25 , mainly a blog site from the team inside Microsoft Read More...
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09:03 PM Thursday, August 09, 2007
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I received an email today about a new blog forum, www.howsoftwareisbuilt.com , created by Microsoft to encourage community dialogue about open source and proprietary software development models. Three IT industry professionals, Scott Swigart , Richard Read More...
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11:11 PM Sunday, August 05, 2007
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At the AlwaysOn Stanford conference last Thursday, five "Big Brands" discussed their acquisition strategies – when they acquire vs. build, types of companies they look for, what makes deals fail. One speaker was Dan'l Lewin, CVP for our group. The acquisition Read More...
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