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January 2008 - Posts
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06:23 PM Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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I had lunch with Walt Mossberg and Kate Boehret at DEMO today. Walt is the legendary Wall Street Journal technology writer. Kate works closely with Walt and also writes for All Things Digital. Megan McCarthy from Wired Digital also joined us. Read More...
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08:14 PM Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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Seesmic makes it easy to post your video to the web. You can use the camera and microphone built into your laptop to shoot the video. Press the submit button, and within seconds your video is published on your web site, Twitter, or your blog. The videos Read More...
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06:48 PM Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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The common theme for demos this afternoon is Simplify. These companies take existing products and processes and make them easier and faster. LiquidTalk - Podcast distribution system for mobile phones. The use case demonstrated was a company distributing Read More...
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03:15 PM Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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DEMO Conference is the place to unveil your new company. Twice a year DEMO finds the hottest startups with the coolest products that are about to launch. DEMO is all about launching new products...in 6 minutes. That's right, each startup gets 6 minutes Read More...
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09:26 PM Thursday, January 24, 2008
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Microsoft announced record revenues and earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2007. Revenues were up 30% to $16.4 Billion. Operating Income was up 87% to $6.5 Billion. And Earnings Per Share (EPS) were up 92% to $0.50 per share. All business Read More...
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11:10 AM Thursday, January 24, 2008
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TechStars is an entrepreneur boot camp based in Boulder Colorado, founded by David Cohen. TechStars selects 10 startup teams from a pool of about 300 applications. The selected teams get up to $15,000 in funding, community office space, operational support, Read More...
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09:25 AM Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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Microsoft Startup Accelerator is a special program for innovative early-stage startups that are a strategic fit for Microsoft. The Emerging Business Team , the group I work for at Microsoft, is leading the program. There are currently over 50 companies Read More...
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11:05 AM Thursday, January 17, 2008
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The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, better known as CES, was overwhelming. Over 140,000 attendees, 2,700 exhibitors, and over 20,000 products on display. It was geek heaven! There were several highlights for me. First was the Bill Gates Read More...
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08:21 AM Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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I spend most of my time talking to entrepreneurs who have started companies. Reading Robert Scoble's story about why he decided to not start a company, and instead go to work for Fast Company, presents the other side of the story...the more common path. Read More...
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09:20 PM Monday, January 14, 2008
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Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast, gave a great keynote presentation at CES. He talked about the convergence of Cable TV with Internet access and even telephone service. He also talked about multi-platform services and a future service called Wide-Band that Read More...
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09:25 AM Saturday, January 12, 2008
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Bill Gates did his last CES Keynote address at the 2008 CES show. He will officially retire in July of 2008. He asked some friends to help him think about life after Microsoft, and put together this video for your enjoyment. This is Bill Gates as you Read More...
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05:25 PM Friday, January 11, 2008
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In business it is commonly understood that advertising is the first thing to be cut in a business downturn or recession. Henry Blodget , former Wall Street Internet stock analyst, believes we are headed for a deeper recession and that advertising, even Read More...
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