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Guy Kingston from the University of Bristol is doing research for his MSc dissertation, he has a sub 5 minute survey for venture investors and entrepreneurs asking some basic questions (nothing proprietary or confidential). Help Guy out, take the survey.

21Aug

Joe Rosenthal, 1911-2006

Posted by Jeff as People

That photograph from Mount Suribachi still stops me in my tracks. AP Wire | 08/21/2006 | AP photographer who captured Iwo Jima flag-raising dies at 94: Joe Rosenthal, The Associated Press photographer who won a Pulitzer Prize for his immortal image of World War II servicemen raising an American flag over battle-scarred Iwo Jima, has [...]

16Aug

Haiku of the Day

Posted by Jeff as People

my ode to Nick Carr the sound of one hand clapping nothing can be done Technorati Tags: Nick Carr

09Aug

Jason Calacanis’ Stunt Double?

Posted by Jeff as People

Found on Valleywag… I swear he looks just like Jason Calacanis.

I spent the last couple of days at the Always On conference at Stanford, as always this event combines a solid invite list with one of the best produced events in the industry. I was sitting with Jeff Clavier yesterday and we were both commenting that this is one event where you can literally just [...]

Steve Case says he’s sorry… is promptly sent to his room with no dinner. AOL founder says he is ‘sorry’ for Time Warner merger | Tech&Sci | Internet | Reuters.com: In an interview broadcast on Friday, Case, who was shoved aside as chairman in 2003 and who left the board entirely in 2005, said, “Yes, [...]

Debbie Landa is looking for more women to speak on technology and venture capital topics. My suggestions: – Shantha Mohan, T3Ci – Adina Levin, Socialtext – Aliza Peleg, SAP Labs – Lisa Reeves, SAP Ventures – Jen Fonstad, DFJ – Emily Melton, DFJ – Ellen Levy, Stanford – Victoria Katsov, Wall St. Technology Partners – [...]

Interesting commentary on what Alan Greenspan’s real legacy will be. I’ve never understood the unwavering praise that politicians lavished on Greenspan, but he does get credit for deftly insulating the U.S. economy from the impacts of the Asian Financial Crisis. With regard to crisis management he would also get credit for the backroom dealing that [...]

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When I heard the rumor that JDA was acquiring Manugistics I didn’t even bother to write about it because I figured it was such a non-event (even in the event Oracle acquired them it would have been a non-event). One of my very good friends was a bag carrying guy there last year when Jeremy [...]

If you know me or have heard me speak you probably realize that I am a huge fan of Yochai Benkler (and Eric von Hippel as the two seem to fit together rather well).  Benkler's new book, The Wealth of Networks, is out as a wiki and a downloadable PDF. Of course, if you can [...]


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