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• 06:53 PM Monday, April 28, 2008
  Apr 28 Mon

  Starting up a Nation—New Zealand

  Recently, we received a request from New Zealand to repost a blog by Don Dodge. We discovered a cool company in New Zealand that is helping start-ups in New Zealand succeed in the global online space. It's interesting how many similar and also creative Read More...
  Filed under: Tips for Startups, Partnering

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• 12:59 PM Thursday, October 18, 2007
  Oct 18 Thu

  Microsoft’s Ecosystem Helps Partners Make Money

  IDC released a new study October 17 (commissioned by Microsoft annually). Microsoft has the largest partner ecosystem in the IT world From the c|net blog by Martin LaMonica: “There are about 14 million people working at companies that touch Microsoft Read More...
  Filed under: Platform Value, Windows Server, Partnering, Open Source

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• 02:55 PM Wednesday, October 03, 2007
  Oct 03 Wed

  Microsoft -- Accelerating Startup Company Success

  Today, our team, the Microsoft Emerging Business Team, announced a new program for startups: The Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program . There is a good interview with Dan’l Lewin here about the program. Its goal is to help high potential software startups Read More...
  Filed under: Startup, Partnering, Tutor.com, SpotRunner, Kiptronic, YuMe, iBloks

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• 11:11 PM Sunday, August 05, 2007
  Aug 05 Sun

  Be Honest and Stay Small to Get Acquired

  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...
  Filed under: Acquisitions, Partnering

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