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12:58 PM Thursday, January 31, 2008
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In late November, I spoke to John Shinal at Vator.tv about the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program and other ways that the Emerging Business Team can help a startup partner with Microsoft. The full transcript is below, or you can watch the video right Read More...
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03:53 PM Friday, December 28, 2007
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This November I gave a keynote address at the NewTeeVee conference in San Francisco. Later I chatted with Andy Plesser, founder and CEO of Beet.tv, about Microsoft’s IPTV efforts and opportunities for entrepreneurs. Some highlights from my talk with Andy Read More...
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12:03 PM Monday, November 05, 2007
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In October, I was interviewed by Om Malik and Joyce Kim about my role in Silicon Valley and how Microsoft works with startups. The interview is posted on our site, www.microsoftStartupZone , and Don Dodge, on my team, blogged about it . Some highlights Read More...
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05:56 PM Saturday, June 16, 2007
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Contrary to what Bruce Chizen, Adobe CEO, has said about our lack of intention to maintain a cross-platform solution, we have historically demonstrated a market-driven pursuit of interoperability on behalf of our customers. That won’t change, hasn’t changed. Read More...
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04:44 AM Thursday, December 21, 2006
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Social and Connected Entertainment – Online and On-Demand Got game? Millions do. Gaming is clearly one of the trend stories of the decade. It is making an impact on our lives no matter where we are — in our living rooms in front of the TV, on our cell Read More...
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12:14 AM Thursday, November 02, 2006
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How One Thing Leads to Another One thing leads to another. Those are actually lyrics from a popular song in the '80s: “you told me something wrong, I know I listen too long, but then one thing leads to another.” For me, it sums up the magic of startups Read More...
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05:51 PM Thursday, September 21, 2006
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The Answer May Surprise You By now, everyone knows that Microsoft server technologies run at scale. Some of the world’s largest SAP implementations run on Windows and SQL Server database. But did you know that the most widely discussed Internet cultural Read More...
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10:35 AM Monday, July 31, 2006
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Courting Startups: Our Global Strategy Should we invest in startups? That was the question I posed at the beginning of this column series in October 2005. My answer then and now is the same. Yes, but not in the traditional way a venture capital firm does. Read More...
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02:51 PM Wednesday, April 19, 2006
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Want users to stick around? Or are they just browsing? It’s all about the user today. Businesses will compete and win when they can present users — from employees to partners to customers — with information in a way that best allows those users to exercise Read More...
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12:01 PM Wednesday, November 16, 2005
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So okay, Microsoft didn't invent the graphical user interface or the Web browser; but then again, Amazon didn't invent retailing and eBay didn't invent auctions. What each company did, though, was create an innovative business model based on a software Read More...
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01:22 PM Wednesday, October 05, 2005
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That all depends on what “invest” means. We do invest. We don’t invest. Which is it? Believe it or not, it does depend on how you define “invest.” We don’t invest in startups in the traditional venture capital way. At least not any more. But we do aggressively Read More...
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