Late last year, I spoke with Andy Plesser, founder and CEO of Beet.tv, about Microsoft’s IPTV efforts and how they related to startups in particular. Andy and I had a follow up talk looking into the process of partnering with Microsoft, and our engagements outside the United States. Here is the full transcript of our talk. The video can be ...

On August 15, 2007, I was interviewed by Tom Foremski, publisher of Silicon Valley Watcher—Reporting on the business and culture of Silicon Valley. The podcast and video are posted on PodTech here (11 min 45 sec.) The complete transcript is posted below for those who prefer reading. Key take-aways: Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus had 6 ...

Talk, Debate, Collaborate — VCs Get Down to the Business of Startups Just last week, approximately 200 venture capitalists from around the world converged on our Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View, California to join us for the eighth annual Microsoft Venture Capital Summit. Our theme? “Investing in a Converging World — Everywhere, ...

Will invention and genius repeat themselves? China is a big, big market. We know it, they know it, everyone knows it. It’s an accelerating planned economy trying desperately to stay in control. I call it “controlled” capitalism, but in China it has been referred to as “socialism with Chinese feature” or national capitalism. They have a national ...

The Perception and Reality of Innovation Abroad I was drinking a Maccabee and snacking on olives — rather than Pinot and crostini — but it felt very much like Silicon Valley — say Il Fornaio or Buck’s. Where was I? At a café in Tel Aviv last year, marveling at the energy of the place. It could have been Silicon Valley 1998: young, professional, ...