Christopher Griffin on Startup Thinking

August 2008 - Posts

• 01:36 AM Thursday, August 14, 2008
  Aug 14 Thu

  Live Maps Schools Google, Yahoo, etc.

  I just came across this post on SearchEngineLand and thought it was pretty cool. If any of you were at this year's Where 2.0 conference, you know how much intellectual horsepower has been applied to Virtual Earth and maps.live.com. Given the beat-downs Read More...
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• 04:47 PM Tuesday, August 12, 2008
  Aug 12 Tue

  Is Google Really Evil? Was Microsoft? File Under: "We've Seen This All Before, And We'll See It All Again"

  An article in yesterday's New York Times explored Google's continued growth in the area of media content. Here is an excerpt relevant to my own company that is typical of commentary I'm seeing more and more across the web: Google’s growing reach Read More...
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• 02:25 PM Tuesday, August 05, 2008
  Aug 05 Tue

  Humorous side-note on HBS's value proposition

  Today's Wall Street Journal , Andrew Ferguson from the Weekly Standard reviews Ahead of the Curve , a memoir of Philip Delves Broughton's experience of Harvard Business School. The part that made me laugh the most was the final paragraph, in which he Read More...
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• 06:48 PM Monday, August 04, 2008
  Aug 04 Mon

  Key to Western Business Success or Opening to Zen Enlightenment? Concentration May Be Both

  Brad Feld noted an interesting article tweeted by Tim O'Reilly on concentration , dating from 1930. As I read it I was strikingly reminded of some of the concepts advocated by Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh. Here are a couple of quick comparisons: Read More...
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