Microsoft Should License Surface Technology And Brand To Partners
Microsoft’s Surface PCs are yet to hit the market so it may sound odd for me to propose what I am about to propose. However, the potential impact of a Microsoft branded tablet for their partners is...
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The New Generation Of Tech Millionaires Don't Seem To Want To Give Any Money...
Philanthropic agencies last month eagerly anticipated Facebook's initial public stock offering, which tech industry analysts said might create some 850 new millionaires. They hoped they'd get to...
View ArticleThe Microsoft Accelerator (Powered By TechStars) Is A Hit And It’s Expanding
The first cycle of The Microsoft Accelerator, powered by TechStars, is in its final run up to demo day. The first program has focused on Kinect applications and has some super teams, such as Gestsure...
View ArticleGoogle’s Transparency Report: A Good And Troubling Thing
A couple of days ago Google released its latest “Transparency Report,” part of the company’s ongoing commitment to disclose requests by individuals, corporations, and governments to change what users...
View ArticleBig Boulder Brings Social Data to Boulder
This week I’ll be kicking off the second day of Big Boulder with a talk about how the Boulder startup community has come to be what it is today. Big Boulder is a conference on social data held by our...
View ArticleFour Letter Words
If you’ve been following this site for a while, you’ll remember my experiment earlier this year with posting pictures of wine, bike rides, and other “life” things. Many of you liked those posts,...
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At Least Facebook's Weak Stock Market Debut Stopped Short Sellers Latching On
Facebook's weak stock market debut has a potential silver lining for the social media giant - some short sellers may have been scared off. About 8.1 percent of the 421 million shares in the initial...
View ArticleGame of Thrones + Facebook
I saw this sponsored post atop my Facebook feed the other day: - 64 Facebook friends like Game of Thrones - 1 of those is Mark Zuckerberg - I had not yet liked Game of Thrones, despite thinking its...
View ArticleFiring
Firing is awful. You can try to avoid it, but even the most selective founders make serious mistakes. Here are a few things I’ve observed about firing: 1) The good people bounce up, the bad ones...
View ArticleA Quarter Century
Twenty-five years ago today, the Gotham Gal and I were married. It was a hot humid day in Washington DC. The wedding ceremony, indoors thankfully, occurred during a loud thunderstorm. At the end, I...
View ArticleWhy I Love Surface
I love the Surface. And that’s true even though I know very little about it. At a top-secret press event in Los Angeles on Monday, I was allowed to spend only about 90 seconds with Microsoft’s new...
View ArticleWhy Siri Matters
Apple had plenty to show off last week during its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. The MacBook Pro's retina display and iOS 6 got plenty of attention, but a trend that bears on...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Internet Companies: Tell Us How Much We Are Being Surveilled
Google just unveiled the latest figures in its Transparency Report, which explains how often the company gives your private data to the government. Despite our criticism of the report’s lack of...
View ArticleWhat Yahoo! Should Do With Search
A few weeks ago, I said that Ross Levinsohn needed to make 3 phone calls in his first day on the job as interim CEO at Yahoo (YHOO). I said the first call should be made to Jack Ma. We now have the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Surface Reveals The Cost Of HP's webOS Folly
With Microsoft’s planned launch of the Surface tablet, the full cost of Hewlett-Packard’s grotestque mishandling of the purchase and abandonment of Palm’s webOS has become clear. HP’s Personal...
View ArticleWhy Metered Pricing Models Maximize Revenue
Maximizing revenue from digital subscriptions is dependent on monetizing usage rather than the users themselves. Comparing print subscriptions to digital subscriptions highlights why usage behavior is...
View ArticleYesware Is For Salespeople
Yesware just announced a $4 million financing. I’ve joined the board. If you are a salesperson who uses Gmail, go download and try it now. I’ve been using Yesware since the first alpha release. While...
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5 Lessons From My Mom That Led To My Startup's $100 Million Exit
Last week, Wiley Cerilli sold his two-year-old startup, SinglePlatform, for $100 million. He'd like to thank his mother for his success as an entrepreneur. 1. Magic Johnson once said, “Its not whether...
View ArticleTechStars Patriot Boot Camp
TechStars Patriot Boot Camp is an intense three-day program that will educate and mentor Veterans and Service Members to innovate, build technology companies, and create jobs. TechStars hopes that...
View ArticleThe art of important work, of making a ruckus and of inventing the future
Entrepreneurs teach VCs, not the other way around. And I was lucky early in my career to back Seth Godin, who taught me a lot. When I met Seth, he was writing books and building a web company. I...
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