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April 2008 - Posts
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11:50 AM Thursday, April 24, 2008
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Database pioneer Dave DeWitt has joined Microsoft as a Technical Fellow, and will head a new research lab called the Jim Gray Systems Lab . Jim Gray was a legend in the database world, and was tragically lost at sea in January of 2007. Ted Kummert, Corp Read More...
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12:41 PM Saturday, April 19, 2008
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The Future Of Social Networking was the topic of a panel at Microsoft's ReMIX Silicon Valley . Will social networks consolidate into a few big players like Facebook and MySpace, or will it splinter into thousands of special interest social networks? The Read More...
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11:14 AM Thursday, April 10, 2008
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Venture Capitalists have been in a very good mood lately. That is because 2007 was the best year for VC returns since 1999. I have been following the investments and returns (IPO and M&A) for a long time. See the chart below, all figures in Billions: Read More...
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04:42 PM Wednesday, April 09, 2008
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I first saw MatchMine at DEMO Fall 2007 , just over 6 months ago. MatchMine, based in Massachusetts, is a media discovery service that delivers personalized recommendations for movies, music and other online content on the Web. I saw the potential in Read More...
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11:45 PM Tuesday, April 08, 2008
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MIX08 in Las Vegas was sold out to rave reviews. Over 3,000 designers and developers attended MIX08 in Las Vegas, and many more wanted to attend. Now you have another chance to attend a condensed one day version of MIX in Silicon Valley on April 17th. Read More...
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07:53 AM Tuesday, April 08, 2008
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Boston loves startups. The Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council is doing a great job setting up events. Watch the MTLC site for future dates. Here are just a few of the upcoming events this week and next. Tech Tuesday - is a regular monthly Read More...
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11:43 PM Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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TechCrunch is back again this year bigger than ever. It is now the TechCrunch50 and will be held September 8-10 in San Francisco. Microsoft is a sponsor of the conference this year. I was honored to be one of the expert panelists at last years conference. Read More...
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12:40 PM Tuesday, April 01, 2008
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The Center for Venture Research at UNH today released their annual Angel Capital report for 2007. Angels invested $26 Billion in 57,120 companies, up slightly from last year. The report says there are 258,200 active angel investors in the USA. By Read More...
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