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Tom Foremski: IMHO | ZDNet
In May 2004, Tom Foremski became the first journalist to leave a major newspaper, the Financial Times, to make a living as a full-time journalist blogger. He writes the popular news blog Silicon Valley Watcher --reporting on the business of Silicon Valley.
Here’s my new business plan: I will get Google, Samsung, HTC and Motorola to fund my Android blog. I know it seems like a glaring conflict of interest, but is it really? I mean, really ?
Real Dan Lyons Web Site » Blog Archive » PanderDaily is funded by the very VCs whose startups it aims to cover. What could possibly go wrong? » Real Dan Lyons Web Site
Richard Branson on Managing Your Business, Employees and More | OpenView Labs
The same is true of its founder, Sir Richard Branson. Over the years, Branson has accumulated a plethora of knowledge on business management and entrepreneurial issues (in addition to understanding how to be a great leader ). He shares some of it in this short video.Why I Go To CES
Every year my partners at Foundry Group and I go to CES. We aren’t boondoggle guys – our expeditions together are limited to a quarterly offsite, often at Jason’s house (10 minutes from our office), and one trip a year with spouses and significant others somewhere. So CES has been a nice tradition for us where we get to travel together for a few days, hang out in nerd and gadget heaven, and spend time with a bunch of entrepreneurs we work with who are here.
For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared.
Top Five Regrets of The Dying « smart=sexy
This post focuses on the Boston startup scene, but anyone anywhere can get connected and become a connector . Get on it, and don’t forget to pay it forward… “How the hell did I get here?”
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Why Aren’t There More Female Entrepreneurs?
I’m often asked the question about why there aren’t more women who are entrepreneurs.Is There Proof that 30-something Mothers Will Fail Doing a Tech Startup? | Tara Tiger Brown
I’m in my thirties. I’m a woman. I’m a mother.
Meet San Francisco Chronicle reporter Benny Evangelista, who writes about his messy desk appearing in the upcoming thriller “Contagion.”
Cluttered desk = famous desk | enough is enough!
Journalism and the social media revolution
Jolie O’Dell of Mashable at “Journalism and Social Media.” L ast night I attended a nice gathering at the San Jose Mercury News, organized by Social Media Club Silicon Valley, called “ Journalism and Social Media .”
Over the course of this year, I’ve written a couple times about raising a potential round of venture financing for my company, SEOmoz. At last, the saga’s over, I’ve been released from terms of confidentiality and I can share the long, strange story of how I first rejected, was eventually persuaded, but ultimately failed to raise a second round of investment capital.
Misadventures in VC Funding: The $24 Million Moz Almost Raised « Rand's Blog
28 Apr
Lauren Barnard
Lately, entrepreneurs reading the VC press have been seeing investment announcements that leave their mouths agape. Press releases featuring giddy investors justifying nosebleed valuations have sent them scrambling to the lucky company’s website to figure out what product, team, and idea could possibly be worth that much. All this leads them to an overwhelming question: “WHY would anyone want to BUY that, much less finance it?”
When do VCs make mistakes? - Passionate Intensity
If History is any Guide, You’ve Got Two Years
If you look to the past as a guide to the future, or if you believe in the cycles of history, then I think you have two years.It’s hard to believe that Google+ is barely over one week old.