Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing

June 2008 - Posts

• 02:23 PM Monday, June 30, 2008
  Jun 30 Mon

  Microsoft innovation in Boston/Cambridge

  Microsoft is making a big investment in innovation in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has a front page story about Microsoft's new Concept Development Center led by Reed Sturtevant. Reed was recruited by Ray Ozzie and his brother Jack to build Read More...
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• 02:17 PM Saturday, June 28, 2008
  Jun 28 Sat

  IPO market ups and downs - Q2 worst in 30 years

  Not one single VC backed company went public in the 2nd quarter of 2008 according to the New York Times . The last time that happened was 30 years ago. However, 2007 was one of the best years for IPOs since the dot com bubble of 1999. Such are the cycles Read More...
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• 01:20 PM Friday, June 27, 2008
  Jun 27 Fri

  Dan'l Lewin in San Francisco Chronicle

  Dan'l Lewin is Microsoft's Corporate VP for Strategic and Emerging Business, based in Silicon Valley. I work in Dan'l's organization so it was a treat to read a story in the Chronicle about Dan'l's work with VCs and startups around the world. Dan'l is Read More...
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• 09:59 AM Friday, June 27, 2008
  Jun 27 Fri

  TechCrunch 50 Conference panel of experts

  Mike Arrington and Jason Calacanis asked me again this year to participate on the TechCrunch 50 panel of experts. TechCrunch announced yesterday that Mark Cuban, Marc Benioff, and I will be on the panel. I am humbled…and honored to be mentioned Read More...
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• 05:36 PM Wednesday, June 25, 2008
  Jun 25 Wed

  Can Social Networks Generate $1M In Ad Revenue?

  Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Beebo, Plaxo, Orkut, and MSN Spaces are the biggest well known social network spaces. But what about the 800 other sites scrambling for audiences in the social network space? Can they generate $1M in advertising revenue per Read More...
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• 09:04 PM Tuesday, June 17, 2008
  Jun 17 Tue

  11 Billion videos served - Profits ???

  Comscore says Americans watched 11 Billion videos in April. Nearly 75% of Americans with Internet access watched at least one video. The "average" user watched 82 videos. Average length was 3 minutes. John Paczkowski at AllThingsD says most Read More...
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• 03:43 PM Sunday, June 01, 2008
  Jun 01 Sun

  Social Networks 1% rule

  What is the social network 1% rule? Generally in a group of 100 people online , one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or adding to it) and the other 89 will just view it. But, everyone benefits from the activities of the whole Read More...
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